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

If you need Date Object

Passing only date string Date assumes time to be 00:00 shifted by time zone:

new Date('2019-03-11')
Sun Mar 10 2019 18:00:00 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)

If you add current hours and minutes you get proper date:

new Date('2019-03-11 ' + new Date().getHours() + ':' + new Date().getMinutes())
Mon Mar 11 2019 04:36:00 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)