JavaScript date to timestamp code example

Example 1: convert date to timestamp javascript

//  human date --> timestamp

function toTimestamp(strDate){
   var datum = Date.parse(strDate);
   return datum/1000;
}
alert(toTimestamp('02/13/2009 23:31:30'));

Example 2: how to get timestamp in javascript of a date object

new Date().getTime()

new Date().valueOf()

Example 3: javascript get timestamp

var currentTimeInSeconds=Math.floor(Date.now()/1000); //unix timestamp in seconds
var currentTimeInMilliseconds=Date.now(); // unix timestamp in milliseconds

Example 4: timestamp to date javascript

let unix_timestamp = 1549312452
// Create a new JavaScript Date object based on the timestamp
// multiplied by 1000 so that the argument is in milliseconds, not seconds.
var date = new Date(unix_timestamp * 1000);
// Hours part from the timestamp
var hours = date.getHours();
// Minutes part from the timestamp
var minutes = "0" + date.getMinutes();
// Seconds part from the timestamp
var seconds = "0" + date.getSeconds();

// Will display time in 10:30:23 format
var formattedTime = hours + ':' + minutes.substr(-2) + ':' + seconds.substr(-2);

console.log(formattedTime);

Example 5: convert timestamp to date javascript

javascriptCopyvar timestamp = 1607110465663
var date = new Date(timestamp);

console.log("Date: "+date.getDate()+
          "/"+(date.getMonth()+1)+
          "/"+date.getFullYear()+
          " "+date.getHours()+
          ":"+date.getMinutes()+
          ":"+date.getSeconds());

Example 6: get time from date javascript

const handleTime = (dataD) => {
    let data= new Date(dataD)
    let hrs = data.getHours()
    let mins = data.getMinutes()
    if(hrs<=9)
       hrs = '0' + hrs
    if(mins<10)
      mins = '0' + mins
    const postTime= hrs + ':' + mins
    return postTime
  }