Converting string into Date() in JavaScript

Question

How do I convert this timestamp from php into a javascript Date() object?

This is how I grab the time:

$timestart = time();

and I parse this to a javascript function and I want to convert it into a JavaScript date object.

help, all this date stuff confuses me quite a bit.

thanks,

possible duplicate of [Convert a Unix timestamp to time in Javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/847185/convert-a-unix-timestamp-to-time-in-javascript) — Wayne, Apr 19 '11 at 20:07
generic JS implementations are required to understand RFC-1123 datetime strings. — user422039, Apr 19 '11 at 22:10

Alnitak · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-19T20:01:28.820

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If val contains your PHP value which is

the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch

then you just need this:

var timestart = new Date(val * 1000);

JavaScript uses the same base time as UNIX systems (midnight on 01/01/1970) but measured in milliseconds rather than seconds.

edited Apr 19 '11 at 20:01

answered Apr 19 '11 at 19:55

Alnitak

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

Community

answered Apr 19 '11 at 19:58

john

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 19 '11 at 19:55

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Substring the parts of the timestamp you need to create the Date. Then initialise like so,

var d = new Date(year, month, date);

This is a cross browser implementation.

answered Apr 19 '11 at 19:55

sciritai

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