Firebase TIMESTAMP to date and Time

Question

I am using firebase for my chat application. In chat object I am adding time stamp using Firebase.ServerValue.TIMESTAMP method.

I need to show the message received time in my chat application using this Time stamp .

if it's current time i need to show the time only.It's have days difference i need to show the date and time or only date.

I used the following code for convert the Firebase time stamp but i not getting the actual time.

var timestamp = '1452488445471'; var myDate = new Date(timestamp*1000); var formatedTime=myDate.toJSON(); 

Please suggest the solution for this issue

Answer 1

Firebase.ServerValue.TIMESTAMP is not actual timestamp it is constant that will be replaced with actual value in server if you have it set into some variable.

mySessionRef.update({ startedAt: Firebase.ServerValue.TIMESTAMP }); mySessionRef.on('value', function(snapshot){ console.log(snapshot.val()) }) //{startedAt: 1452508763895} 

if you want to get server time then you can use following code

  fb.ref("/.info/serverTimeOffset").on('value', function(offset) {     var offsetVal = offset.val() || 0;     var serverTime = Date.now() + offsetVal;   });