Convert UTC to Local

Asked Oct 27 '15 at 11:52

Active Oct 27 '15 at 13:23

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I have a UTC date like this: 01-01-1969 00:00:00. I want to convert it to local time using jQuery. I have tried the below, but it completely messes up the format.

var date = new Date('01-01-1969 00:00:00 UTC');
date.toString()

and also

var date = new Date('26-04-1973 00:00:00 UTC');//gives invalid date

this gives an invalid date. Strange, infact there are many more date which returns invalid date.

edited Oct 27 '15 at 13:23

asked Oct 27 '15 at 11:52

Furquan Khan

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What you have will work fine, but you will need to format it yourself in JS. I would suggest using a library for it, such as DateJS. – Rory McCrossan Oct 27 '15 at 11:54
I don't want any more libraries for that – Furquan Khan Oct 27 '15 at 11:55
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In that case you will need to build the string yourself using the date methods JS has. See [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date) for more information – Rory McCrossan Oct 27 '15 at 11:56
can you tell me why var date = new Date('26-04-1973 00:00:00 UTC'); this give invalid date @RoryMcCrossan – Furquan Khan Oct 27 '15 at 13:21
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Because the string passed to `Date()` should be in American date format, ie `MM-DD-YYYY`: http://jsfiddle.net/xv6ywoht/ – Rory McCrossan Oct 27 '15 at 13:27
thnks a lot. it worked – Furquan Khan Oct 27 '15 at 13:28
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/93500/discussion-between-furquan-khan-and-rory-mccrossan). – Furquan Khan Oct 27 '15 at 13:28

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