I am trying to get readable date from firestore - node.js

Question

I am trying to get readable date from Timestamp data type in my firestore database.
for (var ticketDoc of ticketsSnapshot.docs) {
var timeStamp = await ticketDoc.data().TimePreferred;
console.log(timeStamp.toDate());
var time = new Date(timeStamp).toDate();
ticketDoc.data().TimePreferred = time;
tickets.push(ticketDoc.data());
}
I read the question about a similar problem at :
How do I convert a Firestore date/Timestamp to a JS Date()?
so, i tried to do same and i expect the output of readable date, although it gives me the correct result in
console.log(timeStamp.toDate());
but also it gives me an error. Console output as follow :-
2019-04-10T06:30:00.000Z
TypeError: (intermediate value).toDate is not a function
Not : I am trying to get readable date in postman

Answer 1

I don't know why this timestamp object doesn't have the .toDate() extension, but if it has the 'seconds' and 'nanoseconds' properties, you can turn it to a JS Data with
Date(data.seconds)

Answer 2

Change the following line:
var time = new Date(timeStamp).toDate();
into this:
var time = new Date(timeStamp).toDateString();
From the docs:
A string representing the date portion of the given Date object in human readable form in American English.

Answer 3

You can try in the following way
{{ formatDate(new Date(data.seconds*1000)) }}
You can use the format date function to display in desired format.
import moment from "moment";
format_date(value) {
if (value) {
return moment(String(value)).format("DD/MM/YYYY");
}
},

Answer 4

Have you tried changing this to
var time = (new Date(timeStamp)).toDateString();

Answer 5

If the TimePreferred field in your document is a Timestamp, you can get a valid Date object from it by simply calling toDate() on it.
So:
for (var ticketDoc of ticketsSnapshot.docs) {
var date = ticketDoc.data().TimePreferred.toDate();
}
None of these calls are asynchronous or returning a promise, so you don't need await.

Answer 6

From reasons that I don't know, it doesn't work at times, so a safer option would be to use the seconds and nanoseconds attributes found in the timestamp to convert it to date as follows:
const date = new Date(timestamp.seconds*1000 + timestamp.nanoseconds/100000)
// construct the date from the absolute time in milliseconds
Note:
1 second = 1000 ms
1 nanosecond = 10^-6 ms

Answer 7

You have to first make sure that the timestamp object is truly of type Timestamp.
to do this, after you get the Timestamp from Firebase, create the Timestamp object:
const timestampObject: Timestamp = !!timeStamp
? new Timestamp(timeStamp.seconds, timeStamp.nanoseconds)
: null;

Answer 8

For Angular
import { Location, DatePipe } from '#angular/common';
constructor(
public datepipe: DatePipe
) { }
const dayAsTimestamp = your_Timestamp_value;
const dayAsDate = new Date(dayAsTimestamp.seconds * 1000);
const dayAsString = this.datepipe.transform(dayAsDate, 'dd-MMM-yyyy');