title: Reading Date From Different String Formats in JavaScript
body: <p>Is there any build-in javascript function, where I can use another string format to initialize date.</p>
  
  <p>Such as, instead of this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>new Date (1988,0,1);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to use something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>new Date (19880101,"yyyymmdd");
  </code></pre>