Date.js parsing an ISO 8601 UTC date incorrectly

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MindWire picture MindWire · Aug 27, 2012 · Viewed 7.4k times · Source

Using the javascript library Date.js I am finding that when i pass into the Date.parse() function an ISO 8601 formatted UTC 0 date I am getting an object that is representative of the same date but with the local time zone added.

For example,

Given the date: 2012-08-27T14:57:00Z (in ISO 8601 format), which is showing a time of 14:57 UTC, why would this be parsed as 14:57 GMT-400 as opposed to 10:57 GMT-400?

I have created a fiddle to show it in action.

Please let me know if there is in fact an error or if my understanding of the parsing result is incorrect.

Answer

raina77ow picture raina77ow · Aug 27, 2012

Yep, it's a bug - even a reported one.

Might I recommend using Moment.js library instead? For example, this:

console.log(moment('2012-08-27T14:57:00Z').toString());

... will correctly recognize that UTC time is given.

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