Ignoring timezones when creating a date in javascript/momentjs
I am creating a schedule for something on the east coast, and I need to create a date that always returns a date object/timestamp for this time.
So, if I open the page in Paris at 18:00, the "new myDate()"
should return 12:00.
Any suggestions on how I can do this with wither momentJS or just Javascript? The end result should be a javascript Date object.
You can do this with moment.js using moment.utc()
.
http://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/utc/
moment([2011, 10, 8, 5]).format(); // different output based on timezone
moment.utc([2011, 10, 8, 5]).format(); // same output for all timezones
The way moment.utc
works is by setting a flag internally to use getUTCMinutes
instead of getMinutes
, thus the output is the same in all timezones.
If you want your timezone completely ignored, you can use the following approach:
var firstDayStr = '29 January 2014';
var startAtTime = '10:01:02 AM';
var localFormat = 'YYYY-MM-DD[T]HH:mm:ss';
var m = moment(firstDayStr + ' ' + startAtTime).format(localFormat);
console.log(m);
Output:
2014-01-29T10:01:02