April 8, 2012
given an offset how can i convert the current time to UTC time in javascript
Question by whatf
a = new Date();
Sun Apr 08 2012 16:58:03 GMT+0530 (IST)
Is there any way i can get the current UTC time?
I thought of getting an offset doing maths:
b = a.getTimezoneOffset()
-330
then subtract, get the value:
c = a - b
1333884483552
but again getting c as a to look is difficult. So the question:
How can i get the current UTC time, in javascript?
Answer by Starx
There is a plugin called jstimezonedetect which you can use to detect the timezone. You can find it here
Or use date’s UTC methods like
var now = new Date();
var now_utc = new Date(now.getUTCFullYear(), now.getUTCMonth(), now.getUTCDate(), now.getUTCHours(), now.getUTCMinutes(), now.getUTCSeconds());
Demo
Outputs
Date {Sun Apr 08 2012 18:31:50 GMT+0545 (Nepal Standard Time)}
Date {Sun Apr 08 2012 12:46:50 GMT+0545 (Nepal Standard Time)}
