Revert "Don't pass non-string values to Date.parse" (#2512)

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # vis.js files
+dist/
 test/
 dist/
 

README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 vis.js
 ==================
 
-[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/vis-js/Lobby](https://badges.gitter.im/vis-js/Lobby.svg)](https://gitter.im/vis-js/Lobby?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
-
 <a href="https://github.com/almende/vis/issues/1781" target="_blank">
   <img align="right" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/almende/vis/master/misc/we_need_help.png">
 </a>
@@ -21,22 +19,8 @@ The library consists of the following components:
 - Network. Display a network (force directed graph) with nodes and edges.
 - Timeline. Display different types of data on a timeline.
 
-The vis.js library was initialy developed by [Almende B.V](http://almende.com).
-
-## Badges
-
-[![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/vis.png?downloads=true&downloadRank=true)](https://nodei.co/npm/vis/)
-
-[![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/almende/vis/status.svg)](https://david-dm.org/almende/vis) 
-[![devDependency Status](https://david-dm.org/almende/vis/dev-status.svg)](https://david-dm.org/almende/vis?type=dev)
-[![last version on CDNJS](https://img.shields.io/cdnjs/v/vis.svg)](https://cdnjs.com/libraries/vis)
-
-[![GitHub contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/almende/vis.svg)](https://github.com/almende/vis/graphs/contributors)
-[![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/almende/vis.svg)](https://github.com/almende/vis/stargazers)
-[![GitHub issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/almende/vis.svg)](https://github.com/almende/vis/issues)
-[![Pending Pull-Requests](http://githubbadges.herokuapp.com/almende/vis/pulls.svg)](https://github.com/almende/vis/pulls)
+The vis.js library is developed by [Almende B.V](http://almende.com).
 
-[![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/almende/vis/badges/gpa.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/almende/vis)
 
 ## Install
 

gulpfile.js

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ var webpackConfig = {
   cache: true,
 
   // generate details sourcempas of webpack modules
-  //devtool: 'source-map'
+  devtool: 'source-map'
 
   //debug: true,
   //bail: true

lib/util.js

@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ exports.convert = function (object, type) {
 
     case 'number':
     case 'Number':
-      if (exports.isString(object) && !isNaN(Date.parse(object))) {
+      if (!isNaN(Date.parse(object))) {
         return moment(object).valueOf();
       } else {
         return Number(object.valueOf());

misc/we_need_help.md

@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ If you have shown some commitment to the project you can ask [@ludost](//github.
 * [@ludost](//github.com/ludost) (almende maintainer)
 * [@mojoaxel](//github.com/mojoaxel)
 * [@yotamberk](//github.com/yotamberk)
-* [@Tooa](//github.com/Tooa)