How do you convert a JavaScript date to UTC?

Question

Suppose a user of your website enters a date range.

2009-1-1 to 2009-1-3

You need to send this date to a server for some processing, but th

Answer 1

Are you trying to convert the date into a string like that?

I'd make a function to do that, and, though it's slightly controversial, add it to the Date prototype. If you're not comfortable with doing that, then you can put it as a standalone function, passing the date as a parameter.

Date.prototype.getISOString = function() {
    var zone = '', temp = -this.getTimezoneOffset() / 60 * 100;
    if (temp >= 0) zone += "+";
    zone += (Math.abs(temp) < 100 ? "00" : (Math.abs(temp) < 1000 ? "0" : "")) + temp;

    // "2009-6-4T14:7:32+10:00"
    return this.getFullYear()   // 2009
         + "-"
         + (this.getMonth() + 1) // 6
         + "-"
         + this.getDate()       // 4
         + "T"
         + this.getHours()      // 14
         + ":"
         + this.getMinutes()    // 7
         + ":"
         + this.getSeconds()    // 32
         + zone.substr(0, 3)    // +10
         + ":"
         + String(temp).substr(-2) // 00
    ;
};

If you needed it in UTC time, just replace all the get* functions with getUTC*, eg: getUTCFullYear, getUTCMonth, getUTCHours... and then just add "+00:00" at the end instead of the user's timezone offset.