# Welcome to the Highcharts Maps JS (highmaps) Options Reference

These pages outline the chart configuration options, and the methods and properties of Highcharts objects.

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# data.parseDate

A callback function to parse string representations of dates into JavaScript timestamps. Should return an integer timestamp on success.

Set `false` to disable date parsing. Highcharts supports internal date parsing as of v12.