Transferring new Date from Javascript in Chrome to Node.js

Question

In Javascript console when running new Date() it returns something like:

Wed Jan 13 2021 18:30:00 GMT+0000 (Greenwich Mean Time)

but in node.js it returns:

2021-01-13T18:32:21.182Z

So my question is, how in node.js would I get time in the format of the browser? Is the only way to format it like in this question?

Why does it matter that `console.log` formats dates differently in the two environments? It's still exactly the same date. — Bergi, Jan 13 '21 at 19:04
@HereticMonkey as stated in the question I'm trying to see if there's an alternative. — GAP2002, Jan 13 '21 at 19:05
@Bergi - my use case requires it to be in that exact format. — GAP2002, Jan 13 '21 at 19:06
That question has **73 answers** I think that's plenty of alternatives. — Heretic Monkey, Jan 13 '21 at 19:07
The browser console gets its format from [`.toString()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toString). Notice that this depends on the local timezone. — Bergi, Jan 13 '21 at 19:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 13 '21 at 19:01

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I think you are looking for toUTCString()

console.log(new Date().toUTCString())

It will return you the time in the UTC format that you want.

answered Jan 13 '21 at 19:01

Hamza Anis

Yes, this definitely takes me a lot closer, is there any way to get the `GMT+0000 (Greenwich Meantime)` section as well? – GAP2002 Jan 13 '21 at 19:04

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