Converting Unix timestamp to Date Time String

Question

I want to convert a unix timestamp (something like this 1537364040000) into a Date:Time String

for this, I did something like this

this.selectedTime  = new Date(this.selectedTime*1000);

(My this.selectedTime before this was a unix timestamp)

This should console.log something like this

console.log(this.selectedTime) //Tue May 24 50687 17:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
console.log(typeof this.selectedTime) //Object

In the above, The typeof happens to be an object and I wanted it be string so I did this

this.selectedTime = JSON.stringify(this.selectedTime)

which is console.logging something like this

console.log(this.selectedTime)
"+050687-06-10T20:40:00.000Z"

[Question:] Can someone help me in figuring out how can we get something like this Tue May 24 50687 17:30:00 GMT+0530 or this Tue May 24 50687 17:30:00 as a string?

[Question Update:]: Also can someone help in figuring out what it is logging say 50687 instead of proper year (Tue May 24 50687 17:30:00)

I am using coincap history API http://coincap.io/history/1day/BTC

@ChrisSharp I appended the word *string* into it this question — Alwaysblue, Sep 20 '18 at 13:56
Whats a datetime string? What you want is a datetime object and then you might want to render this in a certain way. There is no such thing as a datetime string. — Liam, Sep 20 '18 at 14:07

StudioTime · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-20T14:05:10.103

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You can set the date object to string at time of creation:

this.selectedTime = 1537364040000;
this.selectedTime  = new Date(this.selectedTime*1000).toString();
console.log(this.selectedTime)

If you don't want the year 50687 then lose the *1000

this.selectedTime = 1537364040000;
this.selectedTime  = new Date(this.selectedTime).toString(); /* no multiplier */
console.log(this.selectedTime)

edited Sep 20 '18 at 14:05

answered Sep 20 '18 at 13:56

StudioTime

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Updated the question. See if you can please answer that as well. – Alwaysblue Sep 20 '18 at 14:00
Lose the `*1000` – StudioTime Sep 20 '18 at 14:02

Franz Deschler · Answer 2 · 2018-09-21T07:27:18.307

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You can try one of the following:

console.log(this.selectedTime.toString());
//"Fri Sep 21 2018 09:24:40 GMT+0200 (Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit)"

console.log(this.selectedTime.toDateString());
//"Fri Sep 21 2018"

console.log(this.selectedTime.toISOString());
//"2018-09-21T07:26:28.793Z"

console.log(this.selectedTime.toGMTString());
//"Fri, 21 Sep 2018 07:27:00 GMT"

edited Sep 21 '18 at 07:27

answered Sep 20 '18 at 13:56

Franz Deschler

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This answer would be better if it showed an example of the output, and perhaps a little explanation as to why this would help. – Danny Staple Sep 20 '18 at 14:48

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