In addition, the *format*.parse method has been removed in favor of separate [d3.timeParse](https://github.com/d3/d3-time-format#timeParse), [d3.utcParse](https://github.com/d3/d3-time-format#utcParse) and [d3.isoParse](https://github.com/d3/d3-time-format#isoParse)methods. Thus, this code in 3.x:
The *format*.parse method has also been removed in favor of separate [d3.timeParse](https://github.com/d3/d3-time-format#timeParse), [d3.utcParse](https://github.com/d3/d3-time-format#utcParse) and [d3.isoParse](https://github.com/d3/d3-time-format#isoParse)parser constructors. Thus, this code in 3.x:
```js
varparseTime=d3.time.format("%c").parse;
```
Can be replaced with this in 4.0:
Can be rewritten in 4.0 as:
```js
varparseTime=d3.timeParse("%c");
...
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@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ var parseTime = d3.timeParse("%c");
The multi-scale time format d3.time.format.multi has been replaced by [d3.scaleTime](https://github.com/d3/d3-scale#scaleTime)’s [tick format](https://github.com/d3/d3-scale#time_tickFormat). Time formats now coerce inputs to dates, and time parsers coerce inputs to strings. The `%Z` directive now allows more flexible parsing of time zone offsets, such as `-0700`, `-07:00`, `-07`, and `Z`. The `%p` directive is now parsed correctly when the locale’s period name is longer than two characters (*e.g.*, “a.m.”).
The performance of time formatting and parsing has been improved, and the UTC formatter and parser have a cleaner implementation (that avoids temporarily overriding the Date global). The locales are now published as [JSON](https://github.com/d3/d3-request#json) to NPM; see [npmcdn](https://npmcdn.com/d3-time-format/locale/).
The performance of time formatting and parsing has been improved, and the UTC formatter and parser have a cleaner implementation (that avoids temporarily overriding the Date global). The locales are now published as [JSON](https://github.com/d3/d3-request#json) to [NPM](https://npmcdn.com/d3-time-format/locale/).