[O3 Framework](../API.md) / parseDate

# Function: parseDate()

> **parseDate**(`dateString`): `Date`

Defined in: [packages/framework/esm-utils/src/dates/date-util.ts:97](https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-esm-core/blob/main/packages/framework/esm-utils/src/dates/date-util.ts#L97)

Utility function to parse an arbitrary string into a date.
Uses `dayjs(dateString)`.

## Parameters

### dateString

`string`

## Returns

`Date`