monster.util.gregorianToDate()

SyntaxCopied

monster.util.gregorianToDate(timestamp);

ParametersCopied

Key	Description	Type	Default	Required
`timestamp`	Gregorian timestamp representing a date.	`Number`		`true`

Return valueCopied

A Date instance.

ErrorsCopied

'timestamp' is not a valid Number: timestamp is NaN or of a type other than Number

DescriptionCopied

The monster.util.gregorianToDate() method converts a Gregorian timestamp into a Date instance.

To preserve legacy behavior, if timestamp is of type String the method will try to coerce it into a Number but it is not recommended to rely on this behavior.

ExamplesCopied

Convert a Gregorian timestamp into a `Date` instanceCopied

var timestamp = 63113932800;

monster.util.gregorianToDate(timestamp);

// output: Sat Jan 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)