How do you convert a hex string to a Date?

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I've got a hex string, 0x63a4b534, I'd like to convert to a human readable date. However, I'm not sure how to do that. I've tried:

new Date("0x63a4b534").toLocaleDateString()

to no avail.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '22 at 21:42

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// eth timestamp is in seconds. this will give you seconds
const timeInSeconds=parseInt('0x63a4b534',16)
// convert to miliseconds
const timeInMiliseconds=timeInSeconds*1000
const currentTime=new Date(timeInMiliseconds).toLocaleDateString()

answered Dec 23 '22 at 21:42

Yilmaz

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 23 '22 at 19:59

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Found an answer and was close. https://stackoverflow.com/a/847196/15018688

new Date("0x63a4b534".toNumber() * 1000).toLocaleDateString()

answered Dec 23 '22 at 19:59

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you will need to do a `parseInt(hex, 16)` or `Number(hex)` – cmgchess Dec 23 '22 at 20:01
@cmgchess that also works, without needing the `ethers.js` library I should mention – Furkan Öztürk Dec 23 '22 at 21:05

How do you convert a hex string to a Date?

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