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## dateTimeParse variable

### dateTimeParse variable

Helper function to parse a number, text or Date to a DateTime value. If a timeZone is supplied the incoming value is parsed with that timeZone as a base. The only exception to this is if the passed value is in a UTC-based format. Then it will use UTC as the base. Examples on UTC-based values are Unix epoch and ISO formatted strings.

It can also parse the Grafana quick date and time format, e.g. now-6h will be parsed as Date.now() - 6 hours and returned as a valid DateTime value.

If no options are supplied, then default values are used. For more details please see [DateTimeOptions](./data/datetimeoptions.md)<!-- -->.

<b>Signature</b>

```typescript
dateTimeParse: DateTimeParser<DateTimeOptionsWhenParsing>
```
<b>Import</b>

```typescript
import { dateTimeParse } from '@grafana/data';
```