How do I get a Date object on MomentJS but as UTC (prevent `toDate()` from being `locale`)?

Question

First of all, I really need a Date object because I'm using ReactDatePicker and the selected prop requires it. And I also really have to use momentjs.

The bit of code I need to work with is this:

// this logs a Moment object
const date = moment(moment.utc().format())

// this logs something like
// Tue Jul 20 2021 17:08:28 GMT+0100 (Western European Summer Time)
const dateObj = date.toDate()

As you can see, no matter the amount of times that I convert my moment() into UTC, toDate() always converts it back to locale time and I need to prevent this while still keeping a Date object that comes from .toDate().

How can I do this?

Answer 1

You need to use the .valueOf() method.

Following on from your example

// this logs a Moment object
const date = moment(moment.utc().valueOf())

// This will output something like 2021-07-20T16:14:39.636Z
const dateObj = date.toDate()

// this logs a Moment object
const date = moment(moment.utc().valueOf())

// This will output something like 2021-07-20T16:14:39.636Z
const dateObj = date.toDate()

console.log("UTC time: ", dateObj)

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