# parseISO8601

> FullCalendar v1 documentation, for an old release. Web version: https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/parseISO8601
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> Latest version (v7): https://fullcalendar.io/docs/date-object.md

Parses an ISO8601 string into a Date object.

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$.fullCalendar.parseISO8601( *string* [, *ignoreTimezone* ] ) -> Date
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More information about the ISO8601 format can be found [here](https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime).