Javascript: Convert timestamp to human readable date?

Question

I'm simply trying to convert a timestamp back into a human readable date but what I get when converted is strange and wrong.

This is how I save the timestamp:

var timestamp = Number(new Date());
localStorag.setItem("mytimestamp", timestamp);

and this is how I get it back and convert it to readable date:

var mydate = localStorag.getItem("mytimestamp");
var jsDate = new Date(mydate*1000);

alert(jsDate);

The jsDate is wrong and I don't understand what's causing it!

Could someone please advise on this?

Answer 1

You can use the Number data type instead of date * 1000 to achieve this. See code example below:

// generate a timestamp
var timestamp = Number(new Date()) //1479895361931

Then

// get the date representation from the timestamp
var date = new Date(timestamp) // Wed Nov 23 2016 18:03:25 GMT+0800 (WITA)

Answer 2

Here is an easy solution using the toDateString() method:

const date = new Date(timestamp).toDateString();
console.log(date);

This will return something like: Thu Jul 14 2016