Localize UTC time/date

Question

i have a timestamp which comes from server (utc). I now want to transform this timestamp to my local time.

Transform UTC:

2016-08-11 12:19:14

To local time:

2016-08-11 14:19:14

This is what i have used:

localizeTime = function (timeToLocalize = "2016-08-11 12:19:14") {
    return moment(timeToLocalize).locale(deviceLocale = "de").format('LLL');
};

I am working with react-native and moment.js

Answer 1

If the input time is UTC, and you don't have anything in the string to indicate such, then you need to parse it with moment.utc instead of just with moment. You can then convert it to local time with the local function.

moment.utc("2016-08-11 12:19:14").local().format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss")

You don't need to involve locales (like de) unless you really want a locale-specific string format. Locale has to do with language and culture, not with time zones. "local" != "locale"