Get date time in specific format in moment js

Question

I am trying to get the date time in moment js in this format :

2016-12-19T09:43:45.672Z

The problem is I am able to get the time format as

2016-12-19T15:04:09+05:30

using

moment().format();

but I need the format as the first one [like .672Z instead of +05:30]. Any suggestions would be of great help.

Answer 1

From the documentation on the format method :

To escape characters in format strings, you can wrap the characters in square brackets.

Since "Z" is a format token for the timezone, you need to escape it. So the format string you are after is:

moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD[T]HH:mm:ss.SSS[Z]');

As @VincenzoC said in a comment, the toISOString() method would also give you the format you are after.

Answer 2

Use moment.utc() to display time in UTC time instead of local time:

var dateValue = moment().utc().format('YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss') + 'Z';

or moment().toISOString() to display a string in ISO format (format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ, the timezone is always UTC):

var dateValue = moment().toISOString();

Answer 3

Try this

  const start_date = '2018-09-30'; const t = moment(start_date).utc().format(); console.log(t); 

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Answer 4

var dateTime = new Date("2015-06-17 14:24:36");
dateTime = moment(dateTime).format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss");

Try this. You should have the date in the correct format.