Convert UNIX timestamp in jQuery

Question

Well, I fetch timestamp from my table using a php page with getJSON. Here is the structure.

main.php --> using getJSON (abc.php) --> value from my table

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Answer 1

The Unix timestamp is the number of seconds elapsed since 1970 (epoch). You would need to convert that to a date object in JS:

var date = new Date(unixTimestamp*1000); // *1000 because of date takes milliseconds

Once you have the date object, you can use any of the techniques mentioned in the following post: How to format a JavaScript date