How convert time and date - javascript

Question

I am working in React and I have an array of data called this.state.candidate and I am currently mapping the information to display it in a data table. One of the parameters item.updated_at is formatted as "2019-08-06 13:52:43". I want to be able to convert this time to something like this "8/6/2019, 1:52:43 PM". How would I work around doing this. From my understanding this is possible by doing the following, although I'm not sure how to incorporate it into my code.

var date = new Date("2019-08-06 13:52:43");
date.toLocaleString();      // "8/6/2019, 1:52:43 PM"

This is a snippet of the code that I have:

const dataTable = this.state.candidate.map((item) => {
            return {
                id: item.id,
                name: item.name,
                current_company_name: item.current_company_name,
                job: item.job_title,
                owner: item.owner.name,
                updated: item.updated_at,
                email: item.email,
                phone: item.phone,
                is_active: item.is_active,
                is_snoozed: item.is_snoozed,
            };
        });

Always save dates in a universal format, like "2019-08-06 13:52:43", so you can recreate it. Only use 'toLocaleString' when you display the date. — Poul Bak, Jul 15 '20 at 22:11
@marlo Given that this is primarily a syntax question, and not so much one about dates specifically, I'm not sure that dupe applies here — , Jul 15 '20 at 22:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 15 '20 at 22:17

Code would be like:

const dataTable = this.state.candidate.map(item=>{
  const dt = new Date(item.updated);
  return {
    id: item.id,
    name: item.name,
    current_company_name: item.current_company_name,
    job: item.job_title,
    owner: item.owner.name,
    updated: dt.toLocaleString(),
    email: item.email,
    phone: item.phone,
    is_active: item.is_active,
    is_snoozed: item.is_snoozed
  };   
});

How convert time and date - javascript

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