How to convert the string variable to Date format with UTC time zone?

Question

var string = "14/2/2018 6:00 pm";

How to convert the String variable to Date format with UTC Time zone? i try this var x = moment.tz("16/2/2018 7:00 pm", "UTC").format(); output: x : Invalid Date

Answer 1

You need to use this format while parsing in moment

'DD/M/YYYY h:mm a'

var string = "14/2/2018 6:00 pm";
var date = moment(string, 'DD/M/YYYY h:mm a').toDate();
console.log(date);

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Answer 2

You will find it here: https://momentjs.com/docs/

For instance:

Unless you specify a time zone offset, parsing a string will create a date in the current time zone.

moment("2010-10-20 4:30", "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm"); // parsed as 4:30 local time moment("2010-10-20 4:30 +0000", "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm Z"); // parsed as 4:30 UTC

=>

string += ' +0000';
moment(string, 'DD/M/YYYY h:mm a Z');