Convert normal date to unix timestamp

Math.floor(new Date('2012.08.10').getTime() / 1000)

Check the JavaScript Date documentation.

You should check out the moment.js api, it is very easy to use and has lots of built in features.

I think for your problem, you could use something like this:

var unixTimestamp = moment('2012.08.10', 'YYYY.MM.DD').unix();

var d = '2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z';
console.log(new Date(d).valueOf()); // returns the number of milliseconds since the epoch

parseInt((new Date('2012.08.10').getTime() / 1000).toFixed(0))

It's important to add the toFixed(0) to remove any decimals when dividing by 1000 to convert from milliseconds to seconds.

The .getTime() function returns the timestamp in milliseconds, but true unix timestamps are always in seconds.

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