Nodejs how to get current day without timezone

Question

So I have a code in nodejs where I am getting a current date and time.

var timestamp = new Date().toString();

My output looks like this:

Wed Nov 09 2016 16:02:32 GMT+0100 (CET)

Can anybody please give me an advice how to get rid of GMT+0100 (CET) in my output?

Do you still want the time to be in CET, just without the 'GMT+0100 (CET)' bit at the end, or do you want the current date in UTC? — dan
– dan, Commented Nov 9, 2016 at 15:07
You want to get the date-time instance without information about the timezone, or a textual representation of said date-time instance without the timezone? — E_net4
– E_net4, Commented Nov 9, 2016 at 15:09
Just a textual representation should not be with timezone, otherwise everything is right. I just want to "hide" GMT+0100 (CET) — Matěj Zmítko
– Matěj Zmítko, Commented Nov 9, 2016 at 15:16

dan · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-09 15:23:52Z

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If you want the UTC date/time then use toUTCString():

new Date().toUTCString();
// 'Wed, 09 Nov 2016 15:11:53 GMT'

If you want a standard UTC ISO8601 timestamp use toISOString():

new Date().toISOString()
// '2016-11-09T15:13:00.380Z'

If you literally just want to get rid of GMT+0100 (CET) then:

new Date().toString().replace(' GMT+0100 (CET)', '');
// 'Wed Nov 09 2016 15:15:05'

or:

var now = new Date()
now.toString().substr(0, now.toString().indexOf(' GMT'))
// 'Wed Nov 09 2016 15:15:05'

Which will work for all timezones.

edited Nov 9, 2016 at 15:23

answered Nov 9, 2016 at 15:16

dan

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Matěj Zmítko Over a year ago

Awesome! thank you the last option was that one I have been looking for. Cheers!

dan Over a year ago

No problem! If that's what you were after then I've updated my answer with a solution than should work for all timezones.

Matěj Zmítko Over a year ago

One more little question. How do I now order timestamps so I see the most recent? ORDER BY datetime(timestamp) seems to not work for me :/

dan Over a year ago

Are you saving them into a database and wanting to do this in SQL? Or is this still in node.js?

dan Over a year ago

From the SQLite docs it looks like it could be an issue with the date formatting, but it's probably better to create a new question for that. If you're saving that timestamp to a DB then the ISO8601 timestamp might be better. If you're displaying the date to a user then you can convert ISO8601 to the local timezone in the client, this way you don't have to worry about time zones, day light saving, etc. Just a suggestion :)

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