Storing datetime in JSON file

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For storing datetime in JSON file I first tried out following in node program in console:

console.log(JSON.stringify(new Date()));

It gave the output similar to what is given below (but I had done it a little earlier and so time was a little earlier)

"2024-01-28T09:02:30.882Z"

I used this in the JSON data file as follows:

const posts = [

  {

    id: 1,

    datetime: "2024-01-28T08:49:12.133Z",

    title: "Test Post 1 title",

    body: "Test Post 1 body",

  },

...

]

...

Then in the React component I used this code to display the datetime:

              <p>Post datetime: {new Date(post.datetime).toString()}</p>

This code displayed:

Post datetime: Sun Jan 28 2024 14:19:12 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

Ref: “2. Convert the date into an ISO 8601 Date string” in JSON date format: 3 ways to work with dates in JSON, https://jsoneditoronline.org/indepth/parse/json-date-format/