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I would like to use Moment.js to convert a local time to UTC equivalent. I believe that I have the correct method in place, but it does not alter the time.
I'm in Sydney Australian +11 and expect the UTC time to be 11 hours earlier.
Internally on the moment object the isUTC flag changes from false to true, but the time does NOT shift, am I meant to use a different technique for this.
How do I actually get the current UTC date out of this object
Before Conversion
var val = '18/03/2015';
var selectedDate = moment(val, 'DD/MM/YYYY');
After Conversion
var a = selectedDate.utc()
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For moment. utc, the date will be parsed and displayed in local time. By default, date will be shown in local time. In case you need to parse it in UTC, you can make use of this method.
By default, moment parses and displays in local time. If you want to parse or display a moment in UTC, you can use moment. utc() instead of moment() .
Default time zone setDefault(String); By default, moment objects are created in the local time zone. Local time zone - it's a time zone which is set in a browser or on your node. js server.
I just tried this code and it seems like I get the correct UTC time. I guess I just want to confirm that what I am doing is correct way to access the UTC time from moment.js
a.format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ssZ")
I found that my usage pattern of in my application was incorrect
selectedDate.utc().format(fullFormat)
It should have been
moment.utc(selectedDate).format(fullFormat)
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