Js new date from timestamp
In JavaScript, you can create a new Date
object from a timestamp using the Date
constructor and passing the timestamp as an argument.
Here's an example:
const timestamp = 1643723400; // example timestamp
const date = new Date(timestamp * 1000);
console.log(date); // Output: Fri Feb 04 2022 14:30:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
In this example, the timestamp
variable holds the value 1643723400
, which is the number of seconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.
To create a Date
object from this timestamp, we multiply the timestamp by 1000
to convert it from seconds to milliseconds, since the Date
constructor expects a timestamp in milliseconds.
The resulting date
object is a Date
object that represents the date and time corresponding to the given timestamp.
Note that the Date
constructor will automatically adjust the date and time based on the system's timezone and daylight saving time (DST) settings. If you need to work with a specific timezone or DST offset, you may need to use a library like Moment.js or Luxon.