I understand that getMonth() is zero indexed so, for example, June is 5. But I'm getting that it's 'off' by 2 in some situations.
myDate = new Date(1622513190000)
month = myDate.getMonth()
console.log(myDate)
console.log(month)
Returns:
2021-06-01T02:06:30.000Z
4
Anyone have an idea why this is returning 4 and not 5? I'm using node v14.15.5 and am getting the expected result for other dates (September is 8, August is 7)
Thanks!
Hi and welcome here :)
Working with dates and timezone is a bit tricky, everyone here can attest it. For general information, I suggest you to read this article about Coordinated universal time.
The Z you can see in myDate value means Zulu time, military name for UTC±00:00, the reference timezone. ±00:00 represents an eventual offset with the Zulu time.
After having gone crazy about this question, I advice you to :
Good luck ! :)