Sean

DateTime in javascript

07 October 2014 

var ts = Date.now();  // return the timestamp
var dt = new Date(ts);

var dt = new Date(); //return the current local time
var ts = new Date().getTime();
var dt = new Date(year, month. day, hour, minutes, second, millisecond);

var ts = Date.UTC(year, month, day, hour .....);

new Date(2014, 1, 1).toDateString();   // be careful, javascript month is start from 0
==> 2014 02 01

timezone issue new Date(2013, 9, 20, 12).toDateString() // always set the hour to noon which is 12, even if you don't care about the timezoon, it can save lots of trouble

Datetime parse

UTC and Local depands on the input string ```

UTC: new Date(“2013-09-30”) //note use - and 2 digital 09 and 30

Local: new Date(“2013/09/30”) //note use /

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