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How do you convert Milliseconds into a Javascript UTC date?

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Given I have the number 1446309338000, how do I create a JavaScript UTC date?

new Date(1446309338000) will equal a CST time (central standard) or local time.

new Date(Date.UTC(year, month, day, hour, minute, second)) haven't got this info yet.

Does JavaScript change the time if I do this?

new Date(1446309338000).ISOString();

Is it creating a new CST date and then converting it to UTC? I really just need the string. I am taking it from a database (RowKey from a Azure Table storage database).

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answered 9 Years ago margob · Accepted Answer

If you have the milliseconds that's already the UTC date. Which basically means the universal time. Now based on those millis you can convert the Date object into a String of your like:



new Date(1446309338000).toUTCString() // timezone free universal format

> Sat, 31 Oct 2015 16:35:38 GMT

new Date(1446309338000).toString() // browser local timezon string

> Sat Oct 31 2015 09:35:38 GMT-0700 (PDT)

new Date(1446309338000).toISOString() // ISO format of the UTC time

> 2015-10-31T16:35:38.000Z

Now, if for some reason (I can't see a valid reason, but just for the heck of it) you're looking for having a different amount of milliseconds that represent a different date but that would print the same in the local browser timezone, you can do this calculation:



new Date(1446309338000 - new Date(1446309338000).getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000))

Now toString from original Date and toUTCString of this new Date would read the same up to the Timezone information, because of course they're not the same date!



new Date(1446309338000).toString()

> Sat Oct 31 2015 09:35:38 GMT-0700 (PDT)

new Date(1446309338000 - new Date(1446309338000).getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000).toUTCString()

> Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:35:38 GMT