Construct Moment JS format same as new Date() format

Asked Jan 21 '21 at 16:05

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I'm using the Javascript new Date() to store the date/time for a database entry. It's storing it in this format:

Now, I need to get the exact same format from Moment JS, I've tried using: moment().format() but there's a difference between the two:

It seems that .format() doesn't match them up? I've also tried using .toDate() which doesn't seem to give me the same format.

Need to get Moment JS to format the same as how new Date() would

asked Jan 21 '21 at 16:05

Ryan H

Why not just use the native Date object? – Randy Casburn Jan 21 '21 at 16:12
try in moment `new moment(new Date()).toISOString()` – Joseph Jan 21 '21 at 16:13
@RandyCasburn maybe he works with timezones or something complex – Joseph Jan 21 '21 at 16:14
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@Joseph - [working in timezones](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65818270/changing-list-of-time-zone-offset-numbers-to-current-times-with-javascript/65818776#65818776) is not difficult. – Randy Casburn Jan 21 '21 at 16:15
i like your answer but when it comes to the time part it would be critical and i wouldn't implement it in a native way to not forget any edge cases – Joseph Jan 21 '21 at 16:18
I get `Thu Jan 21 2021 08:17:35 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) ` as a default format for `new Date()` – Kevin Ashworth Jan 21 '21 at 16:19

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