Moment.js to get UTC time as date object instead of string

Question

I want to get the UTC time using moment.utc() as a date object instead of epoch or string ( moment.utc().format() or using .toISOString() ). moment.utc().toDate() returns my local time. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You can use moment().toDate() . If you coerce the date to a string (eg by sending it to the console, alert, etc.), the built-in (implementation dependent) toString method will typically use the host timezone settings to generate a string, eg

 var m = moment().toDate(); // Equivalent to new Date() console.log(m + '') // coerce to string uses built-in toString console.log(m.toISOString()) // ISO 8601 string offset +0000 

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