convert time to specific timezone javascript code example

Example 1: javascript set date to timezone

var d = new Date("2020-04-13T00:00:00.000+08:00"); /* midnight in China on April 13th */
d.toLocaleString('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/New_York' });
//=> "4/12/2020, 12:00:00 PM"
// (midnight in China on April 13th is noon in New York on April 12th)

Example 2: javascript set date to timezone

function convertTZ(date, tzString) {
    return new Date((typeof date === "string" ? new Date(date) : date).toLocaleString("en-US", {timeZone: tzString}));   
}

// usage: Asia/Jakarta is GMT+7
convertTZ("2012/04/10 10:10:30 +0000", "Asia/Jakarta") // Tue Apr 10 2012 17:10:30 GMT+0700 (Western Indonesia Time)

// Resulting value is regular Date() object
const convertedDate = convertTZ("2012/04/10 10:10:30 +0000", "Asia/Jakarta") 
convertedDate.getHours(); // 17

// Bonus: You can also put Date object to first arg
const date = new Date()
convertTZ(date, "Asia/Jakarta") // current date-time in jakarta.