Convert date to unix timestamp through jQuery datepicker

Question

I want to check whether the entered dob is above 18th old. For that i want to convert to convert the entered date to the unix time stamp. I tried using:

$.datepicker.formatDate('@', $('#dob').val());

But it gives three additional zeros and also goes one day earlier. Like for "10/10/1967" it returns: -70369200000 while it should return: -70329600. How should i change it?

Alnitak · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-15 09:57:09Z

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To get the Unix time out of a date picker use:

$(el).datepicker('getDate') / 1000;

However you should also note that the semantics of Date objects are not well defined for "negative" dates.

answered Jan 15, 2013 at 9:57

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bicycle Over a year ago

Thanks but it still doesn't solve the previous day issue. 10/12/1967 returns -70196400 while according to onlineconversion.com/unix_time.htm it should return -70156800

bicycle Over a year ago

It's like the datepicker conversion is always 11 hours earlier

bicycle Over a year ago

aaah wait, now that i think of it, it must be because of the time difference. timestamp is relative and not universal

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