Convert PHP date into javascript date format

Question

I have a PHP script that outputs an array of data. This is then transformed into JSON using the json_encode() function.

My issue

Answer 1

You should probably just use a timestamp

$newticket['DateCreated'] = strtotime('now');

Then convert it to a Javascript date

// make sure to convert from unix timestamp
var now = new Date(dateFromPHP * 1000);

Answer 2

The most robust way is to extend your date object to parse strings as objects that your application can use. A quick example of parsing the mysql datetime string

DateFromString(str){
 let months = ["January", "Febuary", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
 let date = str.split(" ")[0];
 let time = str.split(" ")[1];

 let [Y, M, d] = [date.split("-")[0], date.split("-")[1], date.split("-")[2]];
 let [H, m, s] = [time.split(":")[0], time.split(":")[1], time.split(":")[2]];

 return {
  FullYear: Y,
  Month: M - 1,
  MonthString: months[M - 1],
  Date: d,
  Time: {Hour: H, Minute: m, Second: s},
 };
}

If you are inclined you may include a second parameter that describes the type of string being passed with a default value, and do a string test to determine if it is a unix timestamp or a javascript timestamp or a string, and then use the returned object to parse your date and times, this is a more rounded solution because it will allow you to build an interface that dynamically handles multiple date specifiers.

Answer 3

If you want to be more precise with your timestamp, you should use microtime() instead of now().

That gives you:

echo round(microtime(TRUE)*1000);

For a milisecond, javascript-like timestamp in php.

Answer 4

Is very simple, I'm use this:

new Date("<?= date('Y/m/d H:i:s'); ?>");

Answer 5

It is pretty simple.

PHP code:

$formatted_date = $newticket['DateCreated'] =  date('Y/m/d H:i:s');

Javascript code:

var javascript_date = new Date("<?php echo $formatted_date; ?>");

Answer 6

Javascript Date class supports ISO 8601 date format so I would recommend:

<?php 
      date('c', $yourDateTime); 
      // or for objects
      $dateTimeObject->format('c');
?>

documentation says that: format character 'c' is ISO 8601 date (added in PHP 5)
example: 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00

for more information: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php