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How to make date-fns's format function return times in UTC (not local time)?

Is there a way to get the following code to output hours in UTC time?

format(date, 'MM/dd/yy hh:mm a') // outputs 01-17-2020 03:25 PM

How would I make output 01-17-2020 11:25 PM?

Solution

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    There is a function 

    date.toUTCString(); // Returns "Sat, 02 Mar 2019 13:00:00 GMT"

    Or there are individual functions like . getUTCMonth()

    So you could do this with 

    console.log(`${date.getUTCMonth()}/${date.getUTCDay()}/${date.getUTCYear()} ${date.getUTCHour()}:${date.getUTCMinute()}`)

    More information here: https://dev.to/mcapodici/javascript-dates-2dbj

    Or, better still, you could use momentjs, which has a UTC mode, like this:

    moment().format();     // 2013-02-04T10:35:24-08:00
moment.utc().format(); // 2013-02-04T18:35:24+00:00