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javascript converting datestring to epoch returns three digits too much

I am converting a string to epoch like this:

    arrival = $('#aircraft_arrival_time').val();
console.log(arrival); //2023-12-09T14:03
    temp = arrival.split("T");
    arrivalDatePart = temp[0];
    arrivalDate = arrivalDatePart + "T00:00:00.000Z";
console.log(arrivalDate); //2023-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
    chartFrom = Date.parse(arrivalDate); //beginning of that day, UTC
console.log(chartFrom); //1702080000000

    var f = new Date(0); // The 0 there is the key, which sets the date to the epoch
    f.setUTCSeconds(chartFrom);
console.log(f); //Tue Oct 09 55906 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (centraleuropeisk sommartid)

The trouble is that it returns the epoch in milliseconds, and while running that through something like https://www.epochconverter.com/ it will be identified as millisecond format, and correctly interpreted as 9 December 2023 rather than the year 55906 =)

I assume I could check the length of chartFrom and divide by 1000 if the length is unexpectedly long, but is there a clean way to do it right?

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  1. 0

    it’s okay, js (for example Date.now()) brings 3 more symbols because of milliseconds dimension

    to solve this use:

    const jsUnixTime = 1223334444000; // not more than 13 length
const unixTime = (jsUnixTime / 1000) | 0;
console.log(unixTime, jsUnixTime);

    So, your code:

    const arrivalValue = '2023-12-09T14:03';
// const arrivalValue = $('#aircraft_arrival_time').val();

// 2023-12-09T14:03
console.log(arrivalValue);

const arrivalDatePart = arrivalValue.split('T')[0];
const arrivalDate = arrivalDatePart + 'T00:00:00.000Z';

// 2023-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
console.log(arrivalDate);

// beginning of that day, UTC
const chartFrom = (Date.parse(arrivalDate) / 1000) | 0;

// 1702080000000
console.log(chartFrom);

// The 0 there is the key, which sets the date to the epoch
const finalDate = new Date(0);
finalDate.setUTCSeconds(chartFrom);
console.log(finalDate);
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  2. 0 
    f.setUTCSeconds(chartFrom); // chartFrom is 1702080000000

    This function sets the seconds portion of the date to a number between 0 and 59 (values outside this range will correct the date). You’re providing UTC timestamp in milliseconds.

    Change your code to one of the following:

    var f = new Date(); f.setTime(chartFrom); // chartFrom is 1702080000000
var f = new Date(arrivalDate);            // arrivalDate is 2023-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
var f = new Date(chartFrom);              // chartFrom is 1702080000000

    A few other smaller improvements could be made to your code but I am concerned about you treating a date with unknown timezone to UTC. The date could correspond to Dec 8, 9 or 10 UTC depending on which timezone it represents.

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