I'm trying to use moment to get the start of a day. I get different results with the following:
moment().startOf('day'); //good
moment(new Date()).startOf('day'); //this does not work!
fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/y1of77wx/
The practical case is that I'm doing this in a function that takes in a date object as an argument:
function doWork(dt) {
return moment(dt).startOf('day');
}
I'm sure the solution is simple but I'm just missing something.
I suggest to use format()
to display the value of a moment object.
As the Internal Properties guide states:
Moment objects have several internal properties that are prefixed with _
.
The most commonly viewed internal property is the _d
property that holds the JavaScript Date that Moment wrappers. Frequently, developers are confused by console output of the value of _d
.
...
To print out the value of a Moment, use .format()
, .toString()
or .toISOString()
Here a snippet showing the correct results:
console.log(moment().startOf('day').format());
console.log(moment(new Date()).startOf('day').format());
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