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Just a time zone hack
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let date = new Date(); | |
let offset = 19800; | |
console.log(parseInt(date.getTime() / 1000)); | |
console.log(date.getTimezoneOffset()); | |
console.log(date.toISOString()); | |
let _offset = 28800 * 1000 | |
console.log(_offset); | |
date.setTime( date.getTime() - (offset * 1000) + _offset ); | |
console.log(date.toLocaleString('en-US', { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric', hour12: true }), _offset,date.getTimezoneOffset(), date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000); | |
function changeTimezone(date, ianatz) { | |
// suppose the date is 12:00 UTC | |
var invdate = new Date( | |
date.toLocaleString("en-US", { | |
timeZone: ianatz, | |
}) | |
); | |
// then invdate will be 07:00 in Toronto | |
// and the diff is 5 hours | |
var diff = date.getTime() - invdate.getTime(); | |
// so 12:00 in Toronto is 17:00 UTC | |
return new Date(date.getTime() - diff); // needs to substract | |
} | |
var here = new Date(); | |
var there = changeTimezone(here, "America/Toronto"); | |
console.log(`Here: ${here.toString()}\nToronto: ${there.toLocaleString()}`); |
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