Use Moment.js to convert Unix epoch time to human readable time

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danny picture danny · Nov 22, 2016 · Viewed 50.2k times · Source

I'm trying to use Moment.js to convert a Unix epoch time to a date and time. I'd also like to know how to have it formatted like below.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 6:00 PM

Answer

manonthemat picture manonthemat · Nov 22, 2016 
moment.unix(yourUnixEpochTime).format('dddd, MMMM Do, YYYY h:mm:ss A')

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