Converting string into Date() in JavaScript

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How do I convert this timestamp from php into a javascript Date() object?

This is how I grab the time:

$timestart = time();

and I parse this to a javascript function and I want to convert it into a JavaScript date object.

help, all this date stuff confuses me quite a bit.

thanks,

possible duplicate of Convert a Unix timestamp to time in Javascript — Wayne
– Wayne, Commented Apr 19, 2011 at 20:07
generic JS implementations are required to understand RFC-1123 datetime strings. — user422039
– user422039, Commented Apr 19, 2011 at 22:10

Alnitak · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-19 20:01:28Z

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If val contains your PHP value which is

the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch

then you just need this:

var timestart = new Date(val * 1000);

JavaScript uses the same base time as UNIX systems (midnight on 01/01/1970) but measured in milliseconds rather than seconds.

edited Apr 19, 2011 at 20:01

answered Apr 19, 2011 at 19:55

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:18:59Z

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Solution here : Convert a Unix timestamp to time in JavaScript

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sciritai · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-19 19:55:36Z

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Substring the parts of the timestamp you need to create the Date. Then initialise like so,

var d = new Date(year, month, date);

This is a cross browser implementation.

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