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--- javascript:date_object_to_yyyymmdd [2016/07/07 19:25] – peter
+++ javascript:date_object_to_yyyymmdd [2020/07/15 09:30] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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+===== Using Date.toISOString() =====
-This is a single line of code that you can use to create a YYYY-MM-DD string of today's date.
+**WARNING**:  **Date.toISOString()** creates a UTC formatted date and hence can jump date boundaries depending on the timezone. E.g. in GMT+1: (new Date(2013,13, 25)).toISOString() == '2013-12-24T23:00:00.000Z'
+To create a **YYYY-MM-DD** string of today's date:
 <code javascript>
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 or
-An alternative would be:
 <code javascript>
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-I wanted YYYYMMDDHHmmSSsss, so I did this:
+To get **YYYYMMDDHHmmSSsss**use this:
 <code javascript>
 var ds = (new Date()).toISOString().replace(/[^0-9]/g, "");
 </code>