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Construct Moment JS format same as new Date() format [duplicate]

I have a date object that I want to
remove the miliseconds/or set to 0
remove the seconds/or set to 0
Convert to ISO string
For example:
var date = new Date();
//Wed Mar 02 2016 16:54:13 GMT-0500 (EST)
var stringDate = moment(date).toISOString();
//2016-03-02T21:54:13.537Z
But what I really want in the end is
stringDate = '2016-03-02T21:54:00.000Z'

There is no need for a library, simply set the seconds and milliseconds to zero and use the built–in toISOString method:
var d = new Date();
d.setSeconds(0,0);
document.write(d.toISOString());
Note: toISOString is not supported by IE 8 and lower, there is a pollyfil on MDN.

While this is easily solvable with plain JavaScript (see RobG's answer), I wanted to show you the Moment.js solution since you tagged your questions as "momentjs":
moment().seconds(0).milliseconds(0).toISOString();
This gives you the current datetime, without seconds or milliseconds.
Working example: http://jsbin.com/bemalapuyi/edit?html,js,output
From the docs: http://momentjs.com/docs/#/get-set/

A non-library regex to do this:
new Date().toISOString().replace(/.\d+Z$/g, "Z");
This would simply trim down the unnecessary part. Rounding isn't expected with this.

A bit late here but now you can:
var date = new Date();
this obj has:
date.setMilliseconds(0);
and
date.setSeconds(0);
then call toISOString() as you do and you will be fine.
No moment or others deps.

Pure javascript solutions to trim off seconds and milliseconds (that is remove, not just set to 0). JSPerf says the second funcion is faster.
function getISOStringWithoutSecsAndMillisecs1(date) {
const dateAndTime = date.toISOString().split('T')
const time = dateAndTime[1].split(':')
return dateAndTime[0]+'T'+time[0]+':'+time[1]
}
console.log(getISOStringWithoutSecsAndMillisecs1(new Date()))
function getISOStringWithoutSecsAndMillisecs2(date) {
const dStr = date.toISOString()
return dStr.substring(0, dStr.indexOf(':', dStr.indexOf(':')+1))
}
console.log(getISOStringWithoutSecsAndMillisecs2(new Date()))

This version works for me (without using an external library):
var now = new Date();
now.setSeconds(0, 0);
var stamp = now.toISOString().replace(/T/, " ").replace(/:00.000Z/, "");
produces strings like
2020-07-25 17:45
If you want local time instead, use this variant:
var now = new Date();
now.setSeconds(0, 0);
var isoNow = new Date(now.getTime() - now.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000).toISOString();
var stamp = isoNow.replace(/T/, " ").replace(/:00.000Z/, "");

Luxon could be your friend
You could set the milliseconds to 0 and then suppress the milliseconds using suppressMilliseconds with Luxon.
DateTime.now().toUTC().set({ millisecond: 0 }).toISO({
suppressMilliseconds: true,
includeOffset: true,
format: 'extended',
}),
leads to e.g.
2022-05-06T14:17:26Z

You can use the startOf() method within moment.js to achieve what you want.
Here's an example:
var date = new Date();
var stringDateFull = moment(date).toISOString();
var stringDateMinuteStart = moment(date).startOf("minute").toISOString();
$("#fullDate").text(stringDateFull);
$("#startOfMinute").text(stringDateMinuteStart);
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.11.2/moment.js"></script>
<p>Full date: <span id="fullDate"></span></p>
<p>Date with cleared out seconds: <span id="startOfMinute"></span></p>

let date = new Date();
date = new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate());
I hope this works!!

To remove the seconds and milliseconds values this works for me:
const date = moment()
// Remove milliseconds
console.log(moment.utc(date).format('YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss[Z]'))
// Remove seconds and milliseconds
console.log(moment.utc(date).format('YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm[Z]'))

We can do it using plain JS aswell but working with libraries will help you if you are working with more functionalities/checks.
You can use the moment npm module and remove the milliseconds using the split Fn.
const moment = require('moment')
const currentDate = `${moment().toISOString().split('.')[0]}Z`;
console.log(currentDate)
Refer working example here:
https://repl.it/repls/UnfinishedNormalBlock

In case for no luck just try this code
It is commonly used format in datetime in the SQL and PHP
e.g.
2022-12-25 19:13:55
console.log(new Date().toISOString().replace(/^([^T]+)T([^\.]+)(.+)/, "$1 $2") )

Changing date format javascript

I'm pulling some data from two different APIs and I want to the objects later on.
However, I'm getting two different date formats: this format "1427457730" and this format "2015-04-10T09:12:22Z". How can I change the format of one of these so I have the same format to work with?
$.each(object, function(index) {
date = object[index].updated_at;
}

Here's one option:
var timestamp = 1427457730;
var date = new Date(timestamp * 1000); // wants milliseconds, not seconds
var dateString = date.toISOString().replace(/\.\d+Z/, 'Z'); // remove the ms
dateString will now be 2015-03-27T12:02:10Z.

Try moment.js
var timestamp = 1427457730;
var date = '2015-04-10T09:12:22Z';
var m1 = moment(timestamp);
var m2 = moment(date);
console.log(m1);
console.log(m2);
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.11.1/moment.min.js"></script>
You can use .format() method in moment to parse the date to whatever format you want, just like:
m2.format('YYYY MMM DD ddd HH:mm:ss') // 2015 Apr 10 Fri 17:12:22
Check out the docs for more format tokens.

What you probably want in javascript, are date objects.
The first string is seconds since epoch, javascript needs milliseconds, so multiply it by 1000;
The second string is a valid ISO date, so if the string contains a hyphen just pass it into new Date.
var date = returned_date.indexOf('-') !== -1 ? returned_date : returned_date * 1000;
var date_object = new Date(date);
Making both types into date objects, you could even turn that into a handy function
function format_date(date) {
return new Date(date.indexOf('-') !== -1 ? date : date * 1000);
}
FIDDLE

Take a look at http://momentjs.com/. It is THE date/time formatting library for JavaScript - very simple to use, extremely flexible.

from unix timestamp to datetime

I have something like /Date(1370001284000+0200)/ as timestamp. I guess it is a unix date, isn't it? How can I convert this to a date like this: 31.05.2013 13:54:44
I tried THIS converter for 1370001284 and it gives the right date. So it is in seconds.
But I still get the wrong date for:
var substring = unix_timestamp.replace("/Date(", "");
substring = substring.replace("000+0200)/", "");
var date = new Date();
date.setSeconds(substring);
return date;

Note my use of t.format comes from using Moment.js, it is not part of JavaScript's standard Date prototype.
A Unix timestamp is the number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.
The presence of the +0200 means the numeric string is not a Unix timestamp as it contains timezone adjustment information. You need to handle that separately.
If your timestamp string is in milliseconds, then you can use the milliseconds constructor and Moment.js to format the date into a string:
var t = new Date( 1370001284000 );
var formatted = moment(t).format("dd.mm.yyyy hh:MM:ss");
If your timestamp string is in seconds, then use setSeconds:
var t = new Date();
t.setSeconds( 1370001284 );
var formatted = moment(t).format("dd.mm.yyyy hh:MM:ss");

Looks like you might want the ISO format so that you can retain the timezone.
var dateTime = new Date(1370001284000);
dateTime.toISOString(); // Returns "2013-05-31T11:54:44.000Z"
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toISOString

Without moment.js:
var time_to_show = 1509968436; // unix timestamp in seconds
var t = new Date(time_to_show * 1000);
var formatted = ('0' + t.getHours()).slice(-2) + ':' + ('0' + t.getMinutes()).slice(-2);
document.write(formatted);

The /Date(ms + timezone)/ is a ASP.NET syntax for JSON dates. You might want to use a library like momentjs for parsing such dates. It would come in handy if you need to manipulate or print the dates any time later.

If using react:
import Moment from 'react-moment';
Moment.globalFormat = 'D MMM YYYY';
then:
<td><Moment unix>{1370001284}</Moment></td>

Import moment js:
var fulldate = new Date(1370001284000);
var converted_date = moment(fulldate).format(");

if you're using React I found 'react-moment' library more easy to handle for Front-End related tasks, just import <Moment> component and add unix prop:
import Moment from 'react-moment'
// get date variable
const {date} = this.props
<Moment unix>{date}</Moment>

I would like to add that Using the library momentjs in javascript you can have the whole data information in an object with:
const today = moment(1557697070824.94).toObject();
You should obtain an object with this properties:
today: {
date: 15,
hours: 2,
milliseconds: 207,
minutes: 31,
months: 4
seconds: 22,
years: 2019
}
It is very useful when you have to calculate dates.

for people as dumb as myself, my date was in linux epoch
but it was a string instead of an integer, and that's why i was getting
RangeError: Date value out of bounds
so if you are getting the epoch from an api, parseInt it first
var dateTime = new Date(parseInt(1370001284000));
dateTime.toISOString();

What is wrong with this javascript date difference calculate function?

Any idea why this function doesn't work properly in Internet Explorer?
function days_between(check_in, check_out)
{
var oneDay = 24*60*60*1000;
var firstDate = new Date(check_in);
var secondDate = new Date(check_out);
var diffDays = Math.abs((firstDate.getTime() - secondDate.getTime())/(oneDay));
return diffDays;
}
in internet explorer it shows NaN as result.
im calling this function in this date format
var check_in = "2012-02-09";
var check_out = "2012-02-12";
var range = days_between(check_in, check_out);
Regards

IE doesn't support Date.parse or passing "2012-02-09" (with ISO dates) to new Date, you need to parse it yourself and pass new Date( 2012, 1, 9 ) or use a Date.parse shim for ISO dates

The date format you're passing (yyyy-mm-dd) isn't supported by Date. See the note here that says it must be in a format parsable by parse. See here for acceptable parse formats: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/parse

You have problem in creating the Date Object
Date objects are created with the Date() constructor.
There are four ways of instantiating a date:
new Date() // current date and time
new Date(milliseconds) //milliseconds since 1970/01/01
new Date(dateString)
new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds)
Most parameters above are optional. Not specifying, causes 0 to be passed in.
Once a Date object is created, a number of methods allow you to operate on it. Most methods allow you to get and set the year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and milliseconds of the object, using either local time or UTC (universal, or GMT) time.
All dates are calculated in milliseconds from 01 January, 1970 00:00:00 Universal Time (UTC) with a day containing 86,400,000 milliseconds.
Some examples of instantiating a date:
var today = new Date()
var d1 = new Date("October 13, 1975 11:13:00")
var d2 = new Date(79,5,24)
var d3 = new Date(79,5,24,11,33,0)
(Taken from http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_obj_date.asp)

You are giving the date arguments in an incorrect format. You can expect javascript to support these formats:
MM-dd-yyyy
yyyy/MM/dd
MM/dd/yyyy
MMMM dd, yyyy
MMM dd, yyyy
To fix your immediate problem, you can use replace() to format your arguments.
function days_between(check_in, check_out)
{
var firstDate = new Date(check_in.replace('-' , '/'));
var secondDate = new Date(check_out.replace('-' , '/'));
var diffDays = Math.abs((firstDate.getTime() - secondDate.getTime()) / 86400000);
return diffDays;
}
And by the way, you can replace oneDay with a constant.

Convert date from string in javascript

i need to convert from a date in string format like this "2011-05-12 16:50:44.055" to the number of milliseconds since midnight 1 January 1970 date format in Javascript

To ensure correct cross-browser behaviour, I think you should parse the string yourself. I moulded this answer into:
function msFromString(dateAsString)
{
var parts = dateAsString.match(/(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2}) (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}).(\d{3})/);
return new Date(parts[1],
parts[2] - 1,
parts[3],
parts[4],
parts[5],
parts[6],
parts[7]).getTime();
}
console.log(msFromString("2011-05-12 16:50:44.055"));
This outputs 1305211844055.

This works everywhere including Safari5 and Fx5 on OSX
DEMO HERE
Without milliseconds:
var date_test = new Date("2011-07-14 11:23:00".replace(/-/g,"/"));
WITH milliseconds in the timestamp
var timestamp = "2011-05-12 16:50:44.055";
var dateParts = timestamp.split(".");
var date_test = new Date(dateParts[0].replace(/-/g,"/"));
var millisecs = date_test.getTime()+parseInt("1"+dateParts[1]);
alert(millisecs+"\n"+new Date(2011,4,12,16,50,44,55).getTime());

Have you tried the Date.parse() method? It should recognise this format (though I haven't tested that). The return value should be the number of milliseconds since 01/01/1970.

Make a Date object from the date string and use the getTime() method to get the milliseconds since 1 January 1970. http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_date.asp
var date = new Date("2011-05-12 16:50:44.055");
document.write(date.getTime());