I'm using the date filter to render a unix timestamp in a certain format. I've noticed the filter adds the local timezone to the output.
Is there any way to simply output the exact timestamp, without adding any timezone information?
Input:
talk.content.date_and_time = 1400167800
(is 05 / 15 / 14 @ 3:30:00pm UTC)
Code:
{{talk.content.date_and_time*1000 | date:'dd-M-yyyy H:mm Z'}}
Output:
15-5-2014 17:30 +0200
How can I make the output 15:30 instead of 17:30?
The 'Z' is what adds the timezone info. As for output UTC, that seems to be the subject of some confusion -- people seem to gravitate toward moment.js.
Borrowing from this answer, you could do something like this without moment.js:
controller
var app1 = angular.module('app1',[]);
app1.controller('ctrl',['$scope',function($scope){
var toUTCDate = function(date){
var _utc = new Date(date.getUTCFullYear(), date.getUTCMonth(), date.getUTCDate(), date.getUTCHours(), date.getUTCMinutes(), date.getUTCSeconds());
return _utc;
};
var millisToUTCDate = function(millis){
return toUTCDate(new Date(millis));
};
$scope.toUTCDate = toUTCDate;
$scope.millisToUTCDate = millisToUTCDate;
}]);
template
<html ng-app="app1">
<head>
<script data-require="angular.js@*" data-semver="1.2.12" src="http://code.angularjs.org/1.2.12/angular.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<script src="script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div ng-controller="ctrl">
<div>
utc {{millisToUTCDate(1400167800) | date:'dd-M-yyyy H:mm'}}
</div>
<div>
local {{1400167800 | date:'dd-M-yyyy H:mm'}}
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
here's plunker to play with it
Also note that with this method, if you use the 'Z' from Angular's date filter, it seems it will still print your local timezone offset.
I just used getLocaleString() function for my application. It should adapt the timeformat common to the locale, so no +0200 etc. Ofcourse, there will be less possibility for controlling the width of your string then.
var str = (new Date(1400167800)).toLocaleString();
Since version 1.3.0 AngularJS introduced extra filter parameter timezone, like following:
{{ date_expression | date : format : timezone}}
But in versions 1.3.x only supported timezone is UTC, which can be used as following:
{{ someDate | date: 'MMM d, y H:mm:ss' : 'UTC' }}
Since version 1.4.0-rc.0 AngularJS supports other timezones too. I was not testing all possible timezones, but here's for example how you can get date in Japan Standard Time (JSP, GMT +9):
{{ clock | date: 'MMM d, y H:mm:ss' : '+0900' }}
Here you can find documentation of AngularJS date filters.
NOTE: this is working only with Angular 1.x
Here's working example
Source: Stackoverflow.com