How to get timezone string from javascript Date object?

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I've a requirement where I have to show the Date timestamp in following format.

MM:DD:YYYY HH:MM:SS IST/CST/CDT.

I have used javascript date object to get the date and time. But I don't know how to get the timezone (IST or CST or CDT or etc) from the obj. Do we have any technique or native javascript Plugin (non-jQuery plugin) to get this timezone abbreviated value?

trincot · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-08 12:13:34Z

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Check out moment.js library and its format method, with which you can format a date to include the time zone.

answered Nov 8, 2015 at 12:13

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Tobias Beuving Over a year ago

You can use momentjs and jstimezone github.com/raulferras/jstimezone , but I suggest reading this excellent article too: joshowens.me/dealing-with-timezones-in-javascript

prasun · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-08 12:36:07Z

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Below is pure JS code, without using any third party library

var x = new Date();

var tz = x.toTimeString().match(/\((.+)\)/)[1];

var month = x.getMonth() + 1;
month = month < 10 ? ('0' + month) : month.toString();

var date = x.getDate() < 10 ? ('0' + x.getDate()) : x.getDate().toString();

var hour = x.getHours() < 10 ? ('0' + x.getHours()) : x.getHours().toString();

var min = x.getMinutes() < 10 ? ('0' + x.getMinutes()) : x.getMinutes().toString();

var sec = x. getSeconds() < 10 ? ('0' + x.getSeconds()) : x.getSeconds().toString();

var output = month + ':' + date + ':' + x.getFullYear() + ' ' + hour + ':' + min + ':' + sec + ' ' + tz

edited Nov 8, 2015 at 12:36

answered Nov 8, 2015 at 12:17

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Ajay Gangisetti Over a year ago

this is what I coded. Lately I found the Date object will give diff kind of string in IE. This code works perfectly in Chrome.

prasun Over a year ago

Which IE version are you using??

prasun Over a year ago

It should work. What output are you getting for toTimestring()?

Ajay Gangisetti Over a year ago

Output from chrome: "19:39:25 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)" Output from IE11: "19:40:08 UTC+0530"

prasun Over a year ago

19:42:47 GMT+0530 (IST). this is the output I get for toTimeString() on chrome. and the full code gives "11:17:2015 19:42:16 IST"

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