Convert date to UTC using moment.js

Question

Probably and easy answer to this but I can\'t seem to find a way to get moment.js to return a UTC date time in milliseconds. Here is what I am doing:

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Answer 1

here, I'm passing the date object and converting it into UTC time.

$.fn.convertTimeToUTC = function (convertTime) {
   if($(this).isObject(convertTime)) {
        return moment.tz(convertTime.format("Y-MM-DD HH:mm:ss"), moment.tz.guess()).utc().format("Y-MM-DD HH:mm:ss");
    }
};
// Returns if a value is an object
$.fn.isObject =  function(value) {
    return value && typeof value === 'object';
};


//you can call it as below
$(this).convertTimeToUTC(date);

Answer 2

This moment.utc(stringDate, format).toDate() worked for me.

This moment.utc(date).toDate() not.

Answer 3

I use this method and it works. ValueOf does not work for me.

moment.utc(yourDate).format()

Answer 4

If all else fails, just reinitialize with an inverse of your local offset.

var timestamp = new Date();
var inverseOffset = moment(timestamp).utcOffset() * -1;
timestamp = moment().utcOffset( inverseOffset  );

timestamp.toISOString(); // This should give you the accurate UTC equivalent.

Answer 5

Read this documentation of moment.js here. See below example and output where I convert GMT time to local time (my zone is IST) and then I convert local time to GMT.

// convert GMT to local time
console.log('Server time:' + data[i].locationServerTime)
let serv_utc = moment.utc(data[i].locationServerTime, "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss").toDate();
console.log('serv_utc:' + serv_utc)
data[i].locationServerTime = moment(serv_utc,"YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss").tz(self.zone_name).format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss");
console.log('Converted to local time:' + data[i].locationServerTime)

// convert local time to GMT
console.log('local time:' + data[i].locationServerTime)
let serv_utc = moment(data[i].locationServerTime, "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss").toDate();
console.log('serv_utc:' + serv_utc)
data[i].locationServerTime = moment.utc(serv_utc,"YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss").format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss");
console.log('Converted to server time:' + data[i].locationServerTime)

Output is

Server time:2019-12-19 09:28:13
serv_utc:Thu Dec 19 2019 14:58:13 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Converted to local time:2019-12-19 14:58:13
local time:2019-12-19 14:58:13
serv_utc:Thu Dec 19 2019 14:58:13 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Converted to server time:2019-12-19 09:28:13