How to have moment(time).format() return in the same timezone

Question

I'm trying to use .format() to convert the inputted time into 'ddd, MMM DD, hh:mma' format, but it returns it in the wrong timezone compared to the original intended timezone (America_NewYork).

const someday = moment('2023-01-27T12:21:08.088Z').format('ddd, MMM DD, hh:mma');

const out = document.getElementById('output');
const someday = moment('2023-01-27T12:21:08.088Z').format('ddd, MMM DD, hh:mma');
out.innerText = someday;

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<p>Expected outcome: Fri, Jan 27, 12:21pm </p>
<p>Actual outcome: <span id="output"></span></p>

Does this answer your question? [Format date in a specific timezone](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15347589/format-date-in-a-specific-timezone) — Louys Patrice Bessette, Jan 27 '22 at 18:09
you need to use moment time zone, then you can do something like this moment.tz(yourDate, timeZone).format('ddd, MMM DD, hh:mma'); — Nonik, Jan 27 '22 at 18:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 28 '22 at 14:43

All you have to do is get the UTC time and then use the local() method to convert that UTC date-time to your local time. Here is a sample code.

Just doing moment.utc().format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm'), will give you the UTC time. You can also set UTC offset like moment(testDateUtc).utcOffset(10 * 60); //set timezone offset in minutes.

const local = moment(moment.utc()).local().format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm');
console.log(local);

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How to have moment(time).format() return in the same timezone

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