Convert string to date without considering timezone

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From service I get date string in format 'yyyy-mm-dd' (eb, '2017-09-14')

In JavaScript, I convert this string to Date like as mentioned below:

new Date('2017-09-14')

It works just fine. But I am facing problem in different time zones. For example

In EST Timezone: Wed Sep 13 2017 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) and

In IST Timezone: Thu Sep 14 2017 05:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

Is there a way to convert it to the same date e.g. Sep 14, 2017

So the aim is to convert to the GMT time zone, is that correct? — storaged, Sep 14 '18 at 11:27
You might want to use `new Date('2017-09-14').getTimezoneOffset()` — Daut, Sep 14 '18 at 11:34
@storaged: when i call `new Date('2017-09-14')` it should give me 14 Sept regardless of timezone. — ConfusedDeveloper, Sep 14 '18 at 11:55
I always pass date as UTC value, when I show it to end users, I will convert it to local time. — Victor Xie, Sep 14 '18 at 13:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '18 at 11:29

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YOu can do it like this

var d=new Date(date value);
var actualDate=d.getDate();
var actualMonth=d.getMonth()+1;
var actualYear=d.getFullYear();    
var formattedDate=actualDate + '/' + actualMonth + '/' + actualYear;

You can save it to any format

answered Sep 14 '18 at 11:29

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