ParseDate

DVar ParseDate(String inDateFormat, String inDate)

Description

Parses the following Date String according to the supplied Date Format.
Notice that Date Formats are different based on the platform the code is run on.

Parameters

The following is a list of parameters the functions receives 

Parameter	Type	Description
inDateFormat	string	Formatting used for parsing the date
inDate	string	The Date String to parse

Return Type

DVar

Example

If using this method, it is best to make sure the format specifiers either work for both the PC/Emulator platform and android:
if (IsPlatform(ePlatform.Android)){
return ParseDate("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy", "Mon Feb 01 12:00:00 2016");
} 
else {
return ParseDate("ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy", "Mon Feb 01 12:00:00 2016");
}
Information regarding the format specifiers can be found at:
Android: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/i18n/format/simpleDateFormat.html
PC/Emulator: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4(v=vs.110).aspx