datetimepicker getDate to return Date / Time in UTC format

datetimepicker, jquery

Solution

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Dgnjn/2/

or

dd-mm-yy here http://jsfiddle.net/Dgnjn/5/

Now using `datetimepicker`

The important thing to note in the sample below is:

dateAsObject = $.datepicker.formatDate('mm-dd-yy', new Date(dateAsObject))

code

$('#datetimepicker').datetimepicker({
    //altField: '#alternate',
    dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd',
    timeFormat: 'hh:mm:ss',
    stepHour: 2,
    stepMinute: 10,
    onSelect: function(dateText, inst) { 
      var dateAsString = dateText; //the first parameter of this function
      var dateAsObject = $(this).datepicker( 'getDate' ); //the getDate method
     dateAsObject = $.datepicker.formatDate('mm-dd-yy', new Date(dateAsObject))
        $('#alternate').val(dateAsObject);
       // alert(dateAsObject + '==> ' + $('#alternate').val());
   }

});

Problem

I happen to read this datetimepicker addon and found it to be of great use. The issue that I am facing using this tool is that I am unable to get data / time format in UTC or other formats (my intention is to at least get date / time in UTC format: ``` $('#starttime').datetimepicker({ ampm: true, showHour: true, showMinute: true, showSecond: false, showMillisec: false, timeFormat: 'hh:mm TT', hourGrid: 4, stepHour: 1, minDate: minDate, maxDate: maxDate, stepMinute: 10 }); ``` The below script prints me data / time in below format: ``` var startDt = $('#starttime').datetimepicker('getDate'); Tue May 01 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) ``` How can I change this format to any other like DD-MM-YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY or in UTC format?

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