How to Format a new Date() in JavaScript into an ISODate in JSON

Question

In mongodb I have some dates stored in a ISODate such as:

ISODate("2017-02-06T18:04:34.954+0000")

By using foo = new Date(); However, in one certain cases it shows up as a string:

"2017-10-05T20:33:59.453Z"

Is there a way of consistency getting the ISODate("2017-02-06T18:04:34.954+0000") result shown above using JavaScript?

I'm unable to install anything to this project due to restrictions... Is there another basic work around? — kirby, Oct 05 '17 at 21:03
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/scripting/javascript/date-and-time-strings-javascript — sumeet kumar, Oct 05 '17 at 21:04
Have you checked MDN Docs on [.toISOString()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toISOString)? — m.spyratos, Oct 05 '17 at 21:09
To clarify I was looking for the first result, not second. My apologies. — kirby, Oct 06 '17 at 13:53

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 05 '17 at 21:08

2

try this

let myDate = new Date();
let myISODate = myDate.toISOString();
console.log(myISODate)

hope it helps :)

answered Oct 05 '17 at 21:08

jpnazar

To clarify I was looking for the first result, not second. My apologies. – kirby Oct 06 '17 at 13:53

Akin Okegbile · Answer 2 · 2017-10-11T16:35:53.903

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var javaScriptDateObject= new Date();
var newIsoString = foo.toISOString();

Referencing this question and this answer; The MongoDB driver will transform it into ISODate:

{ 
   "_id" : ObjectId("52dfe0c469631792dba51770"), 
   "last_updated" : ISODate('2014-01-22T14:56:59.301Z') 
}

edited Oct 11 '17 at 16:35

answered Oct 05 '17 at 21:12

Akin Okegbile

.toISOString() is not working, it's coming up as a string not in the ISODate(...) format. Sorry! – kirby Oct 06 '17 at 01:03
To clarify I was looking for the first result, not second. My apologies. – kirby Oct 06 '17 at 13:53

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 12 '17 at 11:53

0

The issue was unrelated to the format, ended up being a quick reboot to node to fix the issue. Thanks.

answered Oct 12 '17 at 11:53

kirby

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