title: Converting a String Date to a Unix Timestamp in Javascript
body: <p>How can I parse a date such as the following and convert it to a Unix timestamp using JavaScript? </p>
  
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>Sat Mar 29 2014 16:10:00 GMT+0800 (Taipei Standard Time)
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  <p>Thanks.</p>