Our postgres database returns a string with a timestamp: '2016-07-24T03:32:45.678Z'

We are trying to use the moment.js library, but it only accepts a Date object.

How can I convert the above timestamp+timezone into a Date object using Javascript?

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Our postgres database returns a string with a timestamp: '2016-07-24T03:32:45.678Z'

We are trying to use the moment.js library, but it only accepts a Date object.

How can I convert the above timestamp+timezone into a Date object using Javascript?

Thank you for any help you can provide.

• javascript
• postgresql
• date
• timestamp
• momentjs

• 3 Moment accepts and in fact prefers strings. The best practice with moment is to never use a date object unless it has been given to you by a third party API. MOment should parse this time format by default when you pass it to the moment constructor. – Maggie Pint Commented Jul 24, 2016 at 14:13
• 2 See parsing strings: momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string – Maggie Pint Commented Jul 24, 2016 at 14:13

2 Answers 2

new Date(dateString.replace(' ', 'T'));

I needed to use moment(some_date).fromNow()

Instead of moment.startOf(some_date).fromNow()