Simplify implementation of angular.String.toDate()

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/apis.js b/src/apis.js
index 70d9dc8b..a90685cc 100644
--- a/src/apis.js
+++ b/src/apis.js
@@ -202,16 +202,15 @@ var angularString = {
     }
     return chars.join('');
   },
+
+  /**
+   * Tries to convert input to date and if successful returns the date, otherwise returns the input.
+   * @param {string} string
+   * @return {(Date|string)}
+   */
   'toDate':function(string){
-    var match;
-    if (typeof string == 'string' &&
-        (match = string.match(/^(\d\d\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d)T(\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)Z$/))){
-      var date = new Date(0);
-      date.setUTCFullYear(match[1], match[2] - 1, match[3]);
-      date.setUTCHours(match[4], match[5], match[6], 0);
-      return date;
-    }
-    return string;
+    var date = new Date(string);
+    return isNaN(date.getTime()) ? string : date;
   }
 };