Moment.Js: Offsetting dates using UTC and Timezone offset

date, javascript, momentjs, time

Solution

Here is what worked for me:

var date = {
  utc: '2013-10-16T21:31:51',
  offset: 480
}

var returnDate = moment.utc(date.utc).zone(date.offset).format('MM/DD/YYYY h:mm A');

If you noticed, I changed the offset to a positive number. This gave the desired result. If the offset was left at `-480` the output was `10/17/2013 5:31 AM`.

There is a moment#UTC method that initializes the date as UTC vs. local time.

Problem

I am trying to adjust a time using a timezone offset and a UTC timestamp. I am running the following code: ``` var date = { utc: '2013-10-16T21:31:51', offset: -480 } var returnDate = moment(date.utc).utc().zone(date.offset).format('MM/DD/YYYY h:mm A'); ``` What I am expecting is: `10/16/2013 1:31 PM` but I am ending up with `10/17/2013 9:31 AM`

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