AngularJS UnixTime to DateTime Format with date filter failed

Question

I learned that one can transform a unix time stamp into a date by using date filter from this post: AngularJS. Convert tag value (Unix time to human-readable time)

But I can not convert mine with it...

<td>{{contract.start_date_unix | date:'MM-dd-yyyy'}}</td>

inside the contract.start_date_unix, its valued at 1406779200

I checked it with a checker that it shows exactly what I want: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 04:00:00 GMT (but of course, the format I want is MM-dd-yyyy, the date is correct and that's what I try to prove here)

But when I do the date filter above, it will only show 01-17-1970 or 01-16-1970...

What could be the issue cause this?

Answer 1

the time shown is epoch and not actual date. please read the links in your question, answer is there in one of the links.

you need to multiply the time by 1000.

<td>{{contract.start_date_unix * 1000 | date:'MM-dd-yyyy'}}</td>