node.js: date-and-time offset = dateObj.getTimezoneOffset() TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'getTimezoneOffset')

 

>PROBLEM

Supposing using date-and-time lib:

  npm install date-and-time --save

  const date = require('date-and-time')

and the date returning the standard format, something like this (locale: Brazil):

obj.createdAt = 'Fri Aug 26 2022 21:14:34 GMT-0300 (Horário Padrão de Brasília)';

the compiler throws the following error:

  date-and-time offset = dateObj.getTimezoneOffset() 

  TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'getTimezoneOffset')

>SOLUTION

***WRONG

created_at: date.format(obj.createdAt, 'YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm:ss'),

>RIGHT

created_at: date.format(new Date(obj.createdAt), 'YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm:ss'),

>ENV

Node: 16.13.1

Package Manager: npm 8.5.4

OS: win32 x64