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Save date 'without' time in JavaScript

At the moment I save my date like this: ISODate("2014-11-17T16:19:16.224Z"), but I want this result: ISODate("2014-11-16T23:00:00Z"). How can I do this?

An easier alternative is to use Date.setHours() - in single call you can set what you need - from hours to milliseconds. If you just want to get rid of the time.
var date = new Date();
date.setHours(0,0,0,0);
console.log ( date );

Set the parts you don't want saved to 0. In your example, you would set the minutes, seconds, and milliseconds to 0.
var date = new Date();
date.setMinutes(0);
date.setSeconds(0);
date.setMilliseconds(0);
var isoDateString = date.toISOString();
console.log(isoDateString);

Or, a less verbose option:
var date = new Date();
var isoDateString = date.toISOString().substring(0,10);
console.log(isoDateString);

To Save a date without a time stamp:
let date = new Date().toLocaleDateString('en-US');
console.log(date)
// OUTPUT -> m/d/yyyy
Use this to find options to add as paramaters for the toLocaleDateString function

What is the proper way to create a timestamp in javascript with date string?

I have date format returned as 05-Jan, 12-feb etc.. when i convert current date using date object in javascript . I did something like this
var curr = new Date(),
curr_year = curr.getFullYear(),
curr_month = curr.getMonth(),
curr_day = curr.getDay(),
today = new Date(curr_year, curr_month, curr_day, 0, 0, 0, 0);
console.log(today);
Here the today is returned as invalid date i needed the create a timestamp which should not include minutes secs and millisecs as zero for date comparison of month and date alone based on that i can categories .Is there way to dynamically create a date and compare those dates for given format.
And when i try to convert my date string using date object it returns year as 2001. how can i compare dates based upon current year.
For eg: in php i have used mktime to create a date dynamically from given date format and compare those results. Any suggestion would be helpful. Thanks.

You can leverage the native JS Date functionality to get human-readable date strings for time stamps.
var today = new Date();
console.log( today.toDateString() ); // Outputs "Mon Feb 04 2013"
Date comparison is also built in.
var yesterday = new Date();
yesterday.setDate( yesterday.getDate() - 1);
console.log( yesterday.toDateString() ); // Outputs "Sun Feb 03 2013"
console.log( yesterday < today ); //Outputs true
You can use the other built-in methods to fine-tune this comparison to be/not be sensitive to minutes/seconds, or to set all those to 0.

You said that you used mktime() in php, so what about this?

change to this :
var curr = new Date(),
curr_year = curr.getFullYear(),
curr_month = curr.getMonth()+1,
curr_day = curr.getDay(),
today = curr_month+'/'+curr_day+'/'+curr_year;
console.log(today);
(getMonth()+1 is because January is 0)
change the :
today = curr_month+'/'+curr_day+'/'+curr_year;
to whatever format you like.

I have found a way to convert the date into timestamp i have tried as #nbrooks implemented but .toDateString has built in date comparison which works for operator < and > but not for == operator to do that i have used Date.parse(); function to achieve it. Here it goes..
var curr = new Date(),
curr_year = curr.getFullYear(),
curr_month = curr.getMonth(),
curr_day = curr.getDate(),
today = new Date(curr_year, curr_month, curr_day, 0,0,0,0);
var dob = new Date('dob with month and date only'+curr_year);
if(Date.parse(dob) == Date.parse(today)){
//Birthdays....
}
This method can be used to create a timestamp for dynamically created date.Thanks for your suggestions.

Extract Month and Day in Javascript

I have the date in this format: 1347564203.713372
And need to end up with 2 variables, one that is the month from that date and another that is the day from that date.
How do I do this using Javascript/jQuery?

This should do:
var myDate = 1347564203.713372;
var d= new Date(myDate*1000);
var month = d.getMonth();
var day = d.getDate();

Create a Date object, use setTime to put your timestamp in there, then get the relevant parts:
var d = new Date(), t = 1347564203.713372;
d.setTime(t*1000); // JS uses timestamps in milliseconds
alert(d.getUTCDate());
alert(["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"][d.getUTCMonth()]);
Note use of getUTC* functions - this helps avoid timezone issues and DST.

convert iso date to milliseconds in javascript

Can I convert iso date to milliseconds?
for example I want to convert this iso
2012-02-10T13:19:11+0000
to milliseconds.
Because I want to compare current date from the created date. And created date is an iso date.

Try this
var date = new Date("11/21/1987 16:00:00"); // some mock date
var milliseconds = date.getTime();
// This will return you the number of milliseconds
// elapsed from January 1, 1970
// if your date is less than that date, the value will be negative
console.log(milliseconds);
EDIT
You've provided an ISO date. It is also accepted by the constructor of the Date object
var myDate = new Date("2012-02-10T13:19:11+0000");
var result = myDate.getTime();
console.log(result);
Edit
The best I've found is to get rid of the offset manually.
var myDate = new Date("2012-02-10T13:19:11+0000");
var offset = myDate.getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000;
var withOffset = myDate.getTime();
var withoutOffset = withOffset - offset;
console.log(withOffset);
console.log(withoutOffset);
Seems working. As far as problems with converting ISO string into the Date object you may refer to the links provided.
EDIT
Fixed the bug with incorrect conversion to milliseconds according to Prasad19sara's comment.

A shorthand of the previous solutions is
var myDate = +new Date("2012-02-10T13:19:11+0000");
It does an on the fly type conversion and directly outputs date in millisecond format.
Another way is also using parse method of Date util which only outputs EPOCH time in milliseconds.
var myDate = Date.parse("2012-02-10T13:19:11+0000");

Another option as of 2017 is to use Date.parse(). MDN's documentation points out, however, that it is unreliable prior to ES5.
var date = new Date(); // today's date and time in ISO format
var myDate = Date.parse(date);
See the fiddle for more details.

Yes, you can do this in a single line
let ms = Date.parse('2019-05-15 07:11:10.673Z');
console.log(ms);//1557904270673

Another possible solution is to compare current date with January 1, 1970, you can get January 1, 1970 by new Date(0);
var date = new Date();
var myDate= date - new Date(0);

Another solution could be to use Number object parser like this:
let result = Number(new Date("2012-02-10T13:19:11+0000"));
let resultWithGetTime = (new Date("2012-02-10T13:19:11+0000")).getTime();
console.log(result);
console.log(resultWithGetTime);
This converts to milliseconds just like getTime() on Date object

var date = new Date()
console.log(" Date in MS last three digit = "+ date.getMilliseconds())
console.log(" MS = "+ Date.now())
Using this we can get date in milliseconds

var date = new Date(date_string);
var milliseconds = date.getTime();
This worked for me!

if wants to convert UTC date to milliseconds
syntax : Date.UTC(year, month, ?day, ?hours, ?min, ?sec, ?milisec);
e.g :
date_in_mili = Date.UTC(2020, 07, 03, 03, 40, 40, 40);
console.log('miliseconds', date_in_mili);

In case if anyone wants to grab only the Time from a ISO Date, following will be helpful. I was searching for that and I couldn't find a question for it. So in case some one sees will be helpful.
let isoDate = '2020-09-28T15:27:15+05:30';
let result = isoDate.match(/\d\d:\d\d/);
console.log(result[0]);
The output will be the only the time from isoDate which is,
15:27

How can I make Datejs return only the year when only the year is given?

I'm using Datjs to take a date from a user and convert it to a format suitable for storage in my database. When I supply a date with month, day, and year, I get just what I want, the date formatted year-month-day:
var d1 = Date.parse('02/22/1984');
console.log(d1.toString('yyyy-MM-dd')); //Prints '1984-02-22'
However, when I give a year only, I get back the same year, followed by today's month and day:
var d1 = Date.parse('1984');
console.log(d1.toString('yyyy-MM-dd')); //Prints '1984-12-19'
What can I do to ensure that when the user types in nothing but a year that just that year is returned in the following format
1984-00-00
Likewise, if only the month and year are give I'd like it formatted like this:
1984-02-00

Datejs returns a JavaScript Date object. This object is intended to represent a point in time and a point in time necessarily includes the month and day. When not provided, Datejs defaults these values to the current month and day. If you don't want to display that information, then change your formatting pattern:
var d1 = Date.parse('1984');
console.log(d1.toString('yyyy')); // prints 1984
If you need to change the pattern based on what the user originally entered, then you need to save that information, so that you know what to print later.
A simple example follows:
function DatePrinter(input) {
var s = input.split("/").length;
this.fmt = ["dd", "MM", "yyyy"].slice(3 - s).reverse().join("-");
this.date = Date.parse(input);
}
DatePrinter.prototype.toString = function() {
return (this.date.toString(this.fmt) + "-00-00").slice(0, 10);
}
Some tests:
new DatePrinter("02/22/1984").toString() // "1984-02-22"
new DatePrinter("02/1984").toString() // "1984-02-00"
new DatePrinter("1984").toString() // "1984-00-00"