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Created December 14, 2012 22:04
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date_stuff.js
var today = new Date();
console.log("today: " + today);
console.log("today.getTime(): " + today.getTime());
console.log("today.toISOString(): " + today.toISOString());
console.log("today.getTimezoneOffset(): " + today.getTimezoneOffset()); # returns in number of minutes
console.log("today.getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000: " + today.getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000) # num mins * 60 = sec * 1000 to play nice w/ #getTime()
today.setTime(today.getTime() - (today.getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000));
console.log("today.toISOString(): " + today.toISOString());
console.log("today.getTime(): " + today.getTime());
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