Format Date Time Javascript

How to format date and time like this in JavaScript ? March 05, 2012 @ 14:30 (UTC - 9:30) I use this code to calculate EST time : function getDate() { var now = new Date();

Solution 1:

I use the date-time-format that Tats recommended because doing it manually is a huge PIA.

var yourDate = dateFormat(getDate(), "mmmm dd, yyyy @ HH:MM) + "(UTC -9:30)";

Keep in mind this isn't Daylight Savings aware.. and you are asking for UTC -9:30 in your format, but your function converts to -4. Also, I believe that now.getTime returns in UTC.. so you can just add your difference there.

JavaScript Date Format

Solution 2:

Check out date.js! It's a really powerful little library for working with Dates in JavaScript.

To get today's date in EST, you can do something like...

var today = newDate();
today.toString();         // outputs "Wed Apr 11 2012 15:40:40 GMT-0500 (CDT)"


today.setTimezone("EST");
today.toString();         // outputs "Wed Apr 11 2012 14:40:40 GMT-0500 (CDT)"

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Also, its worth mentioning to checkout moment.js. I think the two libraries complement each other.

Solution 3:

If you do just

var now = newDate();
document.write(now);

you will get

Wed Mar 14201220:53:06 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)

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