[javascript] How to convert milliseconds into a readable date?

The following:

new Date(1324339200000).toUTCString()

Outputs:

"Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT"

I need it to return Dec 20. Is there a better method I can use besides toUTCString()? I am looking for any way to parse through milliseconds, to return a human readable date.

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The answer is


You can do it with just a few lines of pure js codes.

var date = new Date(1324339200000);
    var dateToStr = date.toUTCString().split(' ');
    var cleanDate = dateToStr[2] + ' ' + dateToStr[1] ;
console.log(cleanDate);

returns Dec 20. Hope it helps.


Building on lonesomeday's example (upvote that answer not this one), I ran into this output:

undefined NaN, NaN

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var datetime = '1324339200000'; //LOOK HERE_x000D_
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function prettyDate(date) {_x000D_
  var months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',_x000D_
                'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];_x000D_
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  return months[date.getUTCMonth()] + ' ' + date.getUTCDate() + ', ' + date.getUTCFullYear();_x000D_
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console.log(prettyDate(new Date(datetime))); //AND HERE
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The cause was using a string as input. To fix it, prefix the string with a plus sign:

prettyDate(new Date(+datetime));

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function prettyDate(date) {_x000D_
  var months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',_x000D_
                'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];_x000D_
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  return months[date.getUTCMonth()] + ' ' + date.getUTCDate() + ', ' + date.getUTCFullYear();_x000D_
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console.log(prettyDate(new Date(+datetime))); //HERE
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To add Hours/Minutes to the output:

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var datetime = '1485010730253';_x000D_
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function prettyDate(date) {_x000D_
  var months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',_x000D_
                'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];_x000D_
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  return months[date.getUTCMonth()] +' '+ date.getUTCDate()+ ', '+ date.getUTCHours() +':'+ date.getUTCMinutes();_x000D_
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console.log(prettyDate(new Date(+datetime)));
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I just tested this and it works fine

var d = new Date(1441121836000);

The data object has a constructor which takes milliseconds as an argument.


No, you'll need to do it manually.

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function prettyDate(date) {_x000D_
  var months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',_x000D_
                'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];_x000D_
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  return months[date.getUTCMonth()] + ' ' + date.getUTCDate() + ', ' + date.getUTCFullYear();_x000D_
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console.log(prettyDate(new Date(1324339200000)));
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This is a solution. Later you can split by ":" and take the values of the array

 /**
 * Converts milliseconds to human readeable language separated by ":"
 * Example: 190980000 --> 2:05:3 --> 2days 5hours 3min
 */
function dhm(t){
    var cd = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
        ch = 60 * 60 * 1000,
        d = Math.floor(t / cd),
        h = '0' + Math.floor( (t - d * cd) / ch),
        m = '0' + Math.round( (t - d * cd - h * ch) / 60000);
    return [d, h.substr(-2), m.substr(-2)].join(':');
}

//Example
var delay = 190980000;                   
var fullTime = dhm(delay);
console.log(fullTime);

You can use datejs and convert in different formate. I have tested some formate and working fine.

var d = new Date(1469433907836);

d.toLocaleString()     // 7/25/2016, 1:35:07 PM
d.toLocaleDateString() // 7/25/2016
d.toDateString()       // Mon Jul 25 2016
d.toTimeString()       // 13:35:07 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
d.toLocaleTimeString() // 1:35:07 PM
d.toISOString();       // 2016-07-25T08:05:07.836Z
d.toJSON();            // 2016-07-25T08:05:07.836Z
d.toString();          // Mon Jul 25 2016 13:35:07 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
d.toUTCString();       // Mon, 25 Jul 2016 08:05:07 GMT