Is the Javascript date object always one day off?

Question

In my Java Script app I have the date stored in a format like so:

2011-09-24

Now when I try using the above value to create a new Date obje

Answer 1

I encountered this exact problem where my client was on Atlantic Standard Time. The date value the client retrieved was "2018-11-23" and when the code passed it into new Date("2018-11-23") the output for the client was for the previous day. I created a utility function as shown in the snippet that normalized the date, giving the client the expected date.

date.setMinutes(date.getMinutes() + date.getTimezoneOffset());

var normalizeDate = function(date) {
  date.setMinutes(date.getMinutes() + date.getTimezoneOffset());
  return date;
};

var date = new Date("2018-11-23");

document.getElementById("default").textContent = date;
document.getElementById("normalized").textContent = normalizeDate(date);

Calling new Date("2018-11-23")

  Default : 
  



  Normalized :