Why new Date returns wrong date?

Question

When I create a new object var date = new Date(1550571050) this returns

Mon Jan 19 1970 05:42:51 GMT+0700

while it should be

Mon Feb 19 2019 05:42:51 GTM+0700

whats wrong with it?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 19 '19 at 10:27

9

var date = new Date(1550571050) has date 1550571050 which is in seconds.

As described on MDN, Date constructor accepts a unix timestamp which is

an integer value representing the number of milliseconds

If you add 000 to your date it will be in milliseconds instead of seconds and the date object will be correct

new Date(1550571050000)
// Tue Feb 19 2019 12:10:50 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

answered Feb 19 '19 at 10:27

Vlad Holubiev

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '19 at 10:27

1

in Javascript timestamps are given in milliseconds, not seconds

answered Feb 19 '19 at 10:27

Alb

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 19 '19 at 10:35

1

Just do like this:

var timestamp = 1550571050;
var date = new Date(timestamp * 1000);

And refer this:

answered Feb 19 '19 at 10:35

Kinjal

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 19 '19 at 11:02

1

timestamps are in milliseconds so multiply by 1000. then it will give correct date.

new Date(1550571050000)

answered Feb 19 '19 at 11:02

Mohit Prakash

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