My AJAX call returns the datetime value as this
/Date(1320120000000-0400)/
How do I convert it to a readable format (e.g. 11/31/2011) using Javascript?
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This is the number of milliseconds since epoch:
new Date(1320120000000) //Tue Nov 01 2011 05:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)
However, -0400 seems to be a GMT offset which you also have to apply. I guess it has a format of HHMM, so in this case you have to subtract 4:00 hours from given value:
new Date(1320120000000 - 4 * 3600 * 1000) //Tue Nov 01 2011 01:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)
Finally note that the Date.toString() method shown in comments uses browser time zone (CET in my case, see: Annoying javascript timezone adjustment issue). You should use getUTC*() methods on Date to get accurate results not affected by browser.
answered Oct 3, 2011 at 17:54
Tomasz Nurkiewicz
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var date = new Date();
date.setTime("1320120000000");
This should work
You can now format it to a string using, getDay, getMonth,getFullYear methods.
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Calling toDateString will return just the date portion formatted in a human readable form in American English ("Mon Oct 31 2011").
If you specifically need "11/31/2011", then build a custom string using getMonth, getDate, and getFullYear.
var date = new Date(1320120000000-0400);
var formatted = date.getMonth() + '/' + date.getDate() + '/' + date.getFullYear();
More here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date
1320120000000-0400timestamp. The very basic:(new Date(1320120000000)).toString().