Whats the difference in moment and moment.utc

Asked Oct 06 '20 at 19:07

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I've run the 2 commands moment() and moment().utc() and I don't see any difference in the output, except the UTC object, has a flag is UTC set to true.

Both return this - Tue Oct 06 2020 20:02:33 GMT+0100

What's the difference I should expect to be seeing and how can I test this?

I know UTC is a universal timecode format that shows an offset but I'm a bit confused by how it works here. An example and explanation would be very appreciated.

edited Oct 06 '20 at 19:19

aRvi

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`moment()` is local time and `moment().utc()` is utc time – aRvi Oct 06 '20 at 19:10
@aRvi can you provide me an example and explanation please? how could i see a difference in these 2? as in my output above there is no difference. – j obe Oct 06 '20 at 19:20
in your case, your UTC offset would be 0 that's why there is no difference in time – aRvi Oct 06 '20 at 19:22
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https://momentjs.com/guides/#/parsing/local-utc-zone/ check this – aRvi Oct 06 '20 at 19:24
Are you sure the offset would be 0? doesn't BST create an offset? – j obe Oct 06 '20 at 20:30
you can check your current offset using `moment().utcOffset()` – aRvi Oct 07 '20 at 05:25

Whats the difference in moment and moment.utc

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