Create javascript Date() object to Amrica/New_York timezone

Question

The code:

console.log(start)

reads, Thu Mar 01 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

I want it a new object start_NY which will read Thu Mar 01 2018 00:00:00 wrt America/New_York timezone. Something like Thu Mar 01 2018 00:00:00 GMT-0500 .

I used a script:

start_ny = new Date('Thu Mar 01 2018 00:00:00 GMT-0500');

But that reads, Thu Mar 01 2018 10:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) , which is actually converting the date into Indian Standard Time, instead of giving me a time from New_York timezone.

The format should be same as that of the existing one. How can I do that?

Answer 1

Try with this following code and MDN resources

new Date().toLocaleString('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/New_York' })

// Date Format

new Date().toDateString('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/New_York' });