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How to convert Date to timestamp using MomentJS?

rated 0 times [ 82] [ 5] / answers: 1 / hits: 110207 / 8 Years ago, thu, october 20, 2016, 12:00:00

I used MomentJS to convert local date to UTC date using the following way:

$(#div1).text(moment(2016-10-11 18:06:03).tz(Europe/Paris).format());

<script src=https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.0/jquery.min.js></script>

<script src=https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.14.1/moment.min.js></script>

<script src=https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment-timezone/0.5.6/moment-timezone-with-data.min.js></script>



<div id=div1></div>

Now I need timestamp from the output value using MomentJS.

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answered 8 Years ago marinal · Accepted Answer

You said:

I used MomentJS to convert local date to UTC date using the following way:
moment(2016-10-11 18:06:03).tz(Europe/Paris).format()

That doesn't do that. That converts a local value to Paris time, and emits it as a string in ISO8601 format.

Now I need timestamp from the output value using MomentJS.

That's a different question, and wouldn't involve the output of the above because:

You can't get a timestamp from the output string, you'd get it from a moment object. You could parse that string, but that would be silly since you already had a moment object earlier.

Timestamps are UTC based, so time zone conversion is irrelevant. You'd get the same timestamp if you didn't convert at all.

You can get a string with a timestamp using .format('X') or .format('x') depending on which precision you want. But it's much cleaner to just get the numerical timestamp using .valueOf() or .unix(), again depending on precision.