Javascript new Date automatically adding one day

Asked Apr 29 '20 at 18:08

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I'm trying to create a date in Javascript, but it is adding one day.

sDate = new Date('2020-04-01');
console.log(sDate);

The console output is: Date Tue Mar 31 2020 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)

Why isn't it April 1st?

Thanks

asked Apr 29 '20 at 18:08

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But you're _not_ creating a date. You're making JS guess at which of the 37 time zones you're talking about. So it's not an actual date until you add a time, and a timezone. – Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans Apr 29 '20 at 18:11
Because `GMT-0500`. Use `console.log(sDate.toUTCString())` instead. – Bergi Apr 29 '20 at 18:11
How can I fix this GMT issue? – myTest532 myTest532 Apr 29 '20 at 18:12
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_by adding a time and timezone to your input_ – Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans Apr 29 '20 at 18:12
Does this answer your question? [Is the Javascript date object always one day off?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7556591/is-the-javascript-date-object-always-one-day-off) – devlin carnate Apr 29 '20 at 18:16

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