javascript date issue with timezone [duplicate]

Question

I'm converting a string date to date object but getting one day less. I googled but couldn't understand how to change get proper output. Can anyone help me or give me a reference where I can understand from.

new Date("2001-02-03")

browser resut: Fri Feb 02 2001 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (EST).

expected: Fri Feb 03 2001 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (EST).

which browser you are using ?

user1428716
– user1428716

2014-12-27 11:39:47 +00:00
Commented Dec 27, 2014 at 11:39 — user1428716
– user1428716, Commented Dec 27, 2014 at 11:39
Mine is chrome browser

Kranthi
– Kranthi

2014-12-27 11:59:04 +00:00
Commented Dec 27, 2014 at 11:59 — Kranthi
– Kranthi, Commented Dec 27, 2014 at 11:59

marekful · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-27 11:43:10Z

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The browser represents JS dates with the system's timezone taken into account. The given date string has no time portion so it assumes 00:00:00 for time. You appear to be in the -05:00 timezone, so the date will be represented five hours behind your specified time which is 7pm the previous day. You can use toUTCString() to see the date information w/o timezone.

var d = new Date("2001-02-03");
d.toUTCString()
"Sat, 03 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT"

or in a shorter form

(new Date("2001-02-03")).toUTCString()

answered Dec 27, 2014 at 11:43

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Kranthi Over a year ago

thanks for the answer. can't I convert the result to date object? I mean i want result of toUTCString() as date object.

marekful Over a year ago

Your date object's internal datetime pointer is at Sat, 03 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT. There's nothing to convert. It will always be represented according to timezone unless you specify not to.

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