String + Formats1.0.0+

moment(String, String[], String, Boolean);

If you don't know the exact format of an input string, but know it could be one of many, you can use an array of formats.

This is the same as String + Format, only it will try to match the input to multiple formats.

moment("12-25-1995", ["MM-DD-YYYY", "YYYY-MM-DD"]);

Starting in version 2.3.0, Moment uses some simple heuristics to determine which format to use. In order:

• Prefer formats resulting in valid dates over invalid ones.
• Prefer formats that parse more of the string than less and use more of the format than less, i.e. prefer stricter parsing.
• Prefer formats earlier in the array than later.

moment("29-06-1995", ["MM-DD-YYYY", "DD-MM", "DD-MM-YYYY"]); // uses the last format
moment("05-06-1995", ["MM-DD-YYYY", "DD-MM-YYYY"]);          // uses the first format

You may also specify a locale and strictness argument. They work the same as the single format case.

moment("29-06-1995", ["MM-DD-YYYY", "DD-MM-YYYY"], 'fr');       // uses 'fr' locale
moment("29-06-1995", ["MM-DD-YYYY", "DD-MM-YYYY"], true);       // uses strict parsing
moment("05-06-1995", ["MM-DD-YYYY", "DD-MM-YYYY"], 'fr', true); // uses 'fr' locale and strict parsing

Note: Parsing multiple formats is considerably slower than parsing a single format. If you can avoid it, it is much faster to parse a single format.