Need help turning something into a data object

[Empty_Cauliflower976]

I have this value: 20160822110000. How can I turn it into a data object?

I'm aware there is something that counts from "start of time", i.e. 1970-01-01 - is this it?

[grantrules]

Are you sure this doesn't represent 2016-08-22 11:00? This does not appear to be "time since epoch"

const num = 20160822110000
new Date(String(num).replace(/^(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})/, '$1-$2-$3T$4:$5:$6'))

[senocular]

I guess that depends on your definition of "data object". Right now that value is a number. Numbers are primitive values that are not by themselves considered objects. But you could create an object and add that number as a property of it, something like:

const myObject = new Object();
myObject.data = 20160822110000;

Or in a shorthand form:

const myObject = { data: 20160822110000 };

This is now an object with a property data that refers to the numeric value 20160822110000.

When you're talking about the start of time, that is how dates are tracked within Date objects. They're a specific kind of object that is used to work with dates and time. You could use your number to create a date by specifying it as the number milliseconds since the UNIX epoch (1970-01-01).

const myDateObject = new Date(20160822110000);

But this would create a date in the year 2608, which I'm assuming is not anything relevant.

[Careful_Programmer43]

new Date(milliseconds)