How to set current date time using JavaScript

Question

I am getting date in the following format :

Thu Jan 01 1970 21:30:00 GMT +0530(IST)

I want to that time will remain and I can change date to the current date like :

Mon Dec 14 2015 21:30:00 GMT +0530(IST)

Can anybody help me ?

Answer 1

Reading the comments I think I understand what you're trying to achieve. Try this:

var oldDate = new Date("Thu Jan 01 1970 21:30:00 GMT +0530(IST)");
var newDate = new Date();
newDate.setHours(oldDate.getHours());
newDate.setMinutes(oldDate.getMinutes());
newDate.setSeconds(oldDate.getSeconds());

Then newDate should contain the date you desire.