How to format a UTC date as a `YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

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How to format a UTC date as a `YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss …

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Hello MicrslavRalevic,

Using date-fns Library : The date-fns library provides a straightforward way to format dates.

Install date-fns: npm install date-fns

Format the date in your Node.js code: import { format } from ‘date-fns’;

const date = new Date(); // Replace with your UTC date const formattedDate = format(date, ‘yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss’); console.log(formattedDate);

In this approach, the format function from date-fns is used to convert the Date object into the desired string format.

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Hey Miroslav,

Using moment Library : The moment library is another popular choice for date formatting.

Install moment: npm install moment

Format the date in your Node.js code:

import moment from ‘moment’;

const date = new Date(); // Replace with your UTC date const formattedDate = moment(date).format(‘YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss’); console.log(formattedDate);

In this approach, moment provides a convenient method to format dates.

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Hey MiroslavRalevic, Using Vanilla JavaScript with Manual Formatting : If you prefer not to use external libraries, you can format the date manually using vanilla JavaScript. const date = new Date(); // Replace with your UTC date

const pad = (n: number) => (n < 10 ? ‘0’ + n : n);

const formattedDate = [ date.getUTCFullYear(), pad(date.getUTCMonth() + 1), pad(date.getUTCDate()) ].join(‘-’) + ’ ’ + [ pad(date.getUTCHours()), pad(date.getUTCMinutes()), pad(date.getUTCSeconds()) ].join(‘:’);

console.log(formattedDate);

In this approach, you manually construct the formatted string by extracting and padding the date components.