How to get utc date from timestamp using javascript?

Question

I have a variable containing timestamp ( in seconds generated with php ), I used following code to create date object using javascript

var newdate = new Date(arrivalDate);

then used following code to get formated date in utc

var tempdate = newdate.getUTCFullYear()+'-'+('0' + (newdate.getUTCMonth()+1)).slice(-2)+'-'+('0' + newdate.getUTCDate()).slice(-2);

It returns me a 1 day before date, not sure how to get utc date from a timestamp.

are you sure that the time in your local timezone isn't just a time during the previous day in UTC? — toskv
– toskv, Commented Apr 3, 2018 at 12:39
that means 2nd of April : 12:00:00 (midnight) in your time zone is actually 1st of April 18:00:00 (6pm) in UTC so the code behaves correctly . How do you save your date? Maybe you should send the date in UTC when you save it. — toskv
– toskv, Commented Apr 3, 2018 at 12:41
May b I wrote it wrong but its 6am on my local machine when it 12 am at utc — Vikram
– Vikram, Commented Apr 3, 2018 at 12:43

Nayeem Shaiky · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-03 12:47:01Z

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var newdate = new Date(arrivalDate); newdate.toUTCString();

answered Apr 3, 2018 at 12:47

Nayeem Shaiky

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