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Convert Json timestamp to normal date and time in javascript

Asked 2012-01-20T20:08:00.263
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I have a Json timestamp that I would like to convert into simple date time format using javascript.

I need the date and time in the following format : dd-mm-yyyy hr:mn

Here is an example json date from i wish to extract the timestamp: "timestamp": 1326439500

{
   "count": 2,
   "d": [
      {
         "title": "Apple iPhone 4S Sale Cancelled in Beijing Amid Chaos (Design You Trust)",
         "description": "Advertise here with BSA Apple cancelled its scheduled sale of iPhone 4S in one of its stores in China’s capital Beijing on January 13. Crowds outside the store in the Sanlitun district were waiting on queues overnight. There were incidents of scuffle between shoppers and the store’s security staff when shoppers, hundreds of them, were told that the sales [...]Source : Design You TrustExplore : iPhone, iPhone 4, Phone",
         "link": "http://wik.io/info/US/309201303",
         "timestamp": 1326439500,
         "image": null,
         "embed": null,
         "language": null,
         "user": null,
         "user_image": null,
         "user_link": null,
         "user_id": null,
         "geo": null,
         "source": "wikio",
         "favicon": "http://wikio.com/favicon.ico",
         "type": "blogs",
         "domain": "wik.io",
         "id": "2388575404943858468"
      },
      {
         "title": "Apple to halt sales of iPhone 4S in China (Fame Dubai Blog)",
         "description": "SHANGHAI – Apple Inc said on Friday it will stop selling its latest iPhone in its retail stores in Beijing and Shanghai to ensure the safety of its customers and employees. Go to SourceSource : Fame Dubai BlogExplore : iPhone, iPhone 4, Phone",
         "link": "http://wik.io/info/US/309198933",
         "timestamp": 1326439320,
         "image": null,
         "embed": null,
         "language": null,
         "user": null,
         "user_image": null,
         "user_link": null,
         "user_id": null,
         "geo": null,
         "so
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Extend Date's prototype to include a format function like so (or find or create your own):

Date.prototype.format = function (formatString) {
    // Returns a formatted date string
    var month = this.getMonth() + 1,
        day = this.getDate(),
        year = this.getFullYear(),
        hours24 = this.getHours(),
        hours = (hours24 === 0 ? 12 : hours24 > 12 ? hours24 - 12 : hours24),
        meridiem = hours24 >= 12 ? "PM" : "AM",
        minutes = this.getMinutes(),
        seconds = this.getSeconds();

    return formatString.replace(/(MM)/g, month.padLeft(2, '0'))
        .replace(/(M)/g, month)
        .replace(/(dd)/g, day.padLeft(2, '0'))
        .replace(/(d)/g, day)
        .replace(/(yyyy)/ig, year)
        .replace(/(yy)/ig, year.toString().substring(2, 4))
        .replace(/(hh)/g, hours.padLeft(2, '0'))
        .replace(/(h)/g, hours)
        .replace(/(HH)/g, hours24.padLeft(2, '0'))
        .replace(/(H)/g, hours24)
        .replace(/(mm)/g, minutes.padLeft(2, '0'))
        .replace(/(m)/g, minutes)
        .replace(/(ss)/g, seconds.padLeft(2, '0'))
        .replace(/(s)/g, seconds)
        .replace(/(tt)/g, meridiem.toLowerCase())
        .replace(/(TT)/g, meridiem);
};

Then, to convert the timestamp into the desired format, dd-mm-yyyy hr:mn (as mentioned in your comment), you'd do the following:

var dateString = new Date(timestamp).format("dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm");

[Edit] Here's the accompanying pad function:

Number.prototype.padLeft = function (width, padChar) {
    // Returns a padded string
    padChar = padChar || ' ';
    var value = this.toString();
    while (value.length < width) {
        value = padChar + value;
    }
    return value;
};
answered 2012-01-20T20:37:22.593

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