How to convert UTC datetime (string) into the visitors timezone?

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How to convert a date like this: 2012-07-16 01:00:00 +00 (it's in the UTC +00:00 timezone) to the visitors timezone in Javascript, ensuring that daylight saving will be handelled correctly?

RobG · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-09 13:21:26Z

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Break it into parts and use Date.UTC, e.g.

function fromUTC(s) {
  s = s.split(/[-: ]/g);
  return new Date(Date.UTC(+s[0], --s[1], +s[2], +s[3], +s[4], +s[5], 0));
}

var s = '2012-07-16 01:00:00 +00';

alert(fromUTC(s));

edited Aug 9, 2012 at 13:21

answered Aug 9, 2012 at 13:16

RobG

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