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

yarn add moment

import moment from 'moment';

//local Js date to UTC using moment
const utcDate = moment.utc(moment(new date()).format('YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss')).valueOf();
console.log('UTC Date', utcDate);


// UTC to local date without moment
const localDate = convertUTCDateToLocalDate(new Date(utcDate))
console.log('UTC Date', moment(localDate).format('MMM D, YYYY HH:mm'));


function convertUTCDateToLocalDate(date) {

   let newDate = new Date(date.getTime() + date.getTimezoneOffset()*60*1000);

   const offset = date.getTimezoneOffset() / 60;
   const hours = date.getHours();

   newDate.setHours(hours - offset);

   return newDate;

}