How to convert existing UTC string to local timezone string in JavaScript? [duplicate]

Question

I have a string:

var utc_datetime = "02/09/2018 1:27 a.m."

I need it to show up in the user's local time. The format will always be the same, and it will always be queried in UTC timezone.

How can I accomplish this? I tried moment, and moment-timezone, but no luck so far.

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– Heretic Monkey, Commented Mar 1, 2018 at 0:47

Durga · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-01 05:34:29Z

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Remove the dots and capitalize the AM or PM: Append 'UTC' to the string then convert it to a date

var utc_datetime = "02/09/2018 1:27 a.m."
var new_datestring = utc_datetime.replace(/\./g,'').toUpperCase() + ' UTC';
var date = new Date(new_datestring);
var local_datetime = date.toString();
console.log(local_datetime)

edited Mar 1, 2018 at 5:34

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answered Mar 1, 2018 at 0:20

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Scott Stoltzman Over a year ago

new_datestring = utc_datetime + ' UTC' var date = new Date(new_datestring) winds up spitting out "Invalid Date"

Scott Stoltzman Over a year ago

This just needed one very small tweak because the a.m. needed to be AM :) I'll add the solution in the problem

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