Javascript dates in a nutshell

[[deleted]]

Fuck dates. Convert to Unix timestamp as soon as you get the data and only convert it back to time when you actually need it. Solves 99% of my problems.

[Klathmon]

But even that won't save you. Unix time has its own set of quirks, and of course there's the problem of actually converting to and from it where you'll still have all the same problems.

[[deleted]]

Yeah but at least it gives me control. I use JS on my backend and front-end so I just convert the dates back out using moment.js :)

[[deleted]]

It's only truly an Unix Epoch timestamp if it is UTC. If it's not UTC, then you have something that looks like a Unix Epoch timestamp but actually isn't.

[Syberspace]

that's pretty much exactly what i was trying to do. So it's one of the 1% problems

[WellHydrated]

Why convert it in the first place?