javascript unix timestamp seconds code example

Example 1: unix time to date javascript

const unixTime = 1210981217;
const date = new Date(unixTime*1000);
console.log(date.toLocaleDateString("en-US"));
//expected: "5/16/2008"

Example 2: get epoch timestamp js

Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)

Example 3: convert date to unix timestamp javascript

new Date('2012.08.10').getTime() / 1000 //secs
new Date('2012.08.10').getTime() //milliseconds