Convert system date to ISO format using pulses

Question

I am trying to convert the system date to the ISO format below using momentjs

2015-02-17T19:05:00.000Z 

However, I cannot find the parameter that I need to use in order to get it in the format I want. I tried below code snippet.

 moment().format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm Z"); 

I get the output as 2015-02-02 17: 24 + 05: 30.

How can I get it like 2015-02-02T17: 24: 00.000Z

Answer 1

This is pretty well described in docs . But, they are long, so here are the features:

For some reason, the wayjs ISO 8601 definition is different from ECMAScript , so it is not built-in. The format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ and it must be in UTC (this means Z ).

So, moment().utc() guarantees the correct time zone.

Then format it:

 moment().utc().format("YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSS[Z]"); // 2015-02-02T21:38:04.092Z 

Z escaped with square brackets . We can do this safely because we forced UTC.

The remaining characters indicate different time elements in accordance with the format table.

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You can also do what RobG said and use your own date object. If you start with a minute:

 moment().toDate().toISOString( ) // 2015-02-02T21:40:06.395Z