Temporal.ZonedDateTime.prototype.toInstant()

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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The toInstant() method of Temporal.ZonedDateTime instances returns a new Temporal.Instant object representing the instant of this date-time.

Syntax

js
toInstant()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A new Temporal.Instant object representing the instant of this date-time.

Examples

Using toInstant()

js
const zdt = Temporal.ZonedDateTime.from(
  "2021-07-01T12:34:56.987654321-04:00[America/New_York]",
);
const instant = zdt.toInstant();
console.log(instant.toString()); // 2021-07-01T16:34:56.987654321Z

Specifications

Specification
Temporal proposal
# sec-temporal.zoneddatetime.prototype.toinstant

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
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Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
Node.js
toInstant
Experimental

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No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.
User must explicitly enable this feature.

See also