create javascript date UTC

Question

Let\'s say I type the following code in the console:

var TheDate = new Date(2012, 10, 5);
TheDate.toUTCString();
\"Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:00:00 GMT\" (I\'m +1 h         


        

Answer 1

I found a shorthand for it, You could also create your date in ISO format as new Date('YYYY-MM-DD') to create date as UTC:

var DateA = new Date( '2012-11-05' );
console.log( DateA.toUTCString() );

// note the difference between input methods

var DateB = new Date( Date.UTC(2012, 10, 5) );
console.log( DateB.toUTCString() );

Answer 2

Use the Date.UTC() method:

var TheDate = new Date( Date.UTC(2012, 10, 5) );
console.log( TheDate.toUTCString() );

returns

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Date.UTC

Accepts the same parameters as the longest form of the constructor, and returns the number of milliseconds in a Date object since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time.

Answer 3

I would suggest you use momentjs (

momentjs.com

), then all you have to do is:

var theDate = new Date(2012, 10, 5),
    utcDate = moment.utc(theDate);