How do I turn a timestamp into a javascript date object?

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Convert a Unix timestamp to time in Javascript

Turn a unix timestamp into 2008-07-17T09:24:17Z

How to do that?

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/847185/convert-a-unix-timestamp-to-time-in-javascript — Brian Wigginton, May 01 '11 at 05:26

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 14 '15 at 09:53

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Unix time stamp is in seconds since epoch right? You can convert it into milliseconds (by multiplying it by 1000) and passing it to the date constructor like this to convert it to a Date object.

new Date(unixtimestamp*1000)

Then you can use the Date APIs to get parts of the date.

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Jonik

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answered May 01 '11 at 05:21

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To answer the exact original question ("unix timestamp into 2008-07-17T09:24:17Z"): Use [toISOString()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toISOString) to turn Unix timestamp into an ISO 8601 string: `new Date(unixtimestamp * 1000).toISOString()` – Jonik Jan 14 '15 at 09:58

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered May 01 '11 at 05:22

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unix timestamp has an accuration of second, so convert to milisecond and pass to Date constructor:

var d = new Date(timestamp * 1000)

answered May 01 '11 at 05:22

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '11 at 05:18

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As long as it's a valid date string, you should be able to get a Date object out of it using Date.parse().

answered May 01 '11 at 05:18

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Date.parse("1304225607000") does not work – TIMEX May 01 '11 at 05:21
Cool. Then I guess a UNIX timestamp isn't a valid date string then. :D I learn something new everyday. – Richard Neil Ilagan May 01 '11 at 05:25
It represents some valid date based on a given epoch... but miles aren't feet. (See other answers). – May 01 '11 at 05:27

How do I turn a timestamp into a javascript date object?

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