Javascript date to sql date object

Question

Have you tried the solutions presented here:

Convert JS date time to MySQL datetime

The title should be called

“Convert JS date to SQL DateTime”

I happened to need to do the same thing as you just now and I ran across this after your question.

This is from the other post by Gajus Kuizinas for those who want the answers on this page:

var pad = function(num) { return ('00'+num).slice(-2) };
var date;
date = new Date();
date = date.getUTCFullYear()         + '-' +
        pad(date.getUTCMonth() + 1)  + '-' +
        pad(date.getUTCDate())       + ' ' +
        pad(date.getUTCHours())      + ':' +
        pad(date.getUTCMinutes())    + ':' +
        pad(date.getUTCSeconds());

or

new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 19).replace('T', ' ');

The first one worked for me. I had a reference problem with the toISOString as well although I would prefer the one liner. Can anyone clarify how to use it and know the limitations on where one can reference it?
Good luck!

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