Fix newDate() and Now() reverted back the date format

newDate() for Safari (et. al.)
Supported formats:
"2022.01.10 04:10",
"2022.01.10 04:10:11",
"2022.01.10 04:10:11.123",
"2022-01-10 04:10",
"2022-01-10 04:10:11",
"2022-01-10 04:10:11.123",
"2022.1.10",
"2022-1-1"
...

Fix for NOW() in Firefox: reverted back the date format: 2022-11-01 -> 2022.11.01

src/17alasql.js

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ alasql.options.logtarget = 'output'; // target for log. Values: 'console', 'outp
 alasql.options.logprompt = true; // Print SQL at log
 
 alasql.options.progress = false; // Callback for async queries progress
+alasql.options.nowdateseparator = '-'; // Separator for Now() function
 
 // Default modifier
 // values: RECORDSET, VALUE, ROW, COLUMN, MATRIX, TEXTSTRING, INDEX

src/61date.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdfn.ASCII = function (a) {
 	return a.charCodeAt(0);
 };
 
-/** 
+/**
  Return first non-null argument
  See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190349.aspx
 */
@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ stdfn.DATE = function (d) {
 
 stdfn.NOW = function () {
 	var d = new Date();
+	var separator = alasql.options.nowdateseparator;
 	var s =
 		d.getFullYear() +
-		'-' +
+		separator +
 		('0' + (d.getMonth() + 1)).substr(-2) +
-		'-' +
+		separator +
 		('0' + d.getDate()).substr(-2);
 	s +=
 		' ' +
@@ -166,12 +167,25 @@ alasql.stdfn.DATE_SUB = alasql.stdfn.SUBDATE = function (d, interval) {
 	return new Date(nd);
 };
 
-var dateRegexp = /^\d{4}\.\d{2}\.\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}/;
+var dateRegexp =
+	/^(?<year>\d{4})[-\.](?<month>\d{1,2})[-\.](?<day>\d{1,2})( (?<hours>\d{2}):(?<minutes>\d{2})(:(?<seconds>\d{2})(\.(?<milliseconds>)\d{3})?)?)?/;
 function newDate(d) {
-	if (typeof d === 'string') {
-		if (dateRegexp.test(d)) {
-			d = d.replace('.', '-').replace('.', '-');
+	let date = new Date(d);
+
+	if (isNaN(date)) {
+		if (typeof d === 'string') {
+			const match = d.match(dateRegexp);
+			if (match) {
+				const {year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds} = match.groups;
+				const dateArrguments = [year, month - 1, day];
+				if (hours) {
+					dateArrguments.push(hours, minutes, seconds || 0, milliseconds || 0);
+				}
+
+				date = new Date(...dateArrguments);
+			}
 		}
 	}
-	return new Date(d);
+
+	return date;
 }

test/test845.js

@@ -21,4 +21,22 @@ describe('Test ' + test + ' - use NOW() function', function () {
 		//02/25/22
 		assert(/\d{2}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}/.test(res[0].conv));
 	});
+
+	it('3. NOW() with point', function () {
+		var currentSeparator = alasql.options.nowdateseparator;
+		alasql.options.nowdateseparator = '.';
+		var res = alasql('SELECT NOW() AS now');
+		//2022.02.25 19:21:27.839
+		assert(/\d{4}.\d{2}.\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{3}/.test(res[0].now));
+		alasql.options.nowdateseparator = currentSeparator;
+	});
+
+	it('4. CONVERT with NOW() with point as an argument', function () {
+		var currentSeparator = alasql.options.nowdateseparator;
+		alasql.options.nowdateseparator = '.';
+		var res = alasql('SELECT CONVERT(STRING,NOW(),1) AS conv');
+		//02/25/22
+		assert(/\d{2}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}/.test(res[0].conv));
+		alasql.options.nowdateseparator = currentSeparator;
+	});
 });