How to convert Unix timestamp to time in JavaScript ?

UNIX timestamps can be converted to time using 2 approaches: 

Method 1: Using the toUTCString() method.

As JavaScript works in milliseconds, it is necessary to convert the time into milliseconds by multiplying it by 1000 before converting it. This value is then given to the Date() function to create a new Date object. The toUTCString() method is used to represent the Date object as a string the UTC time format. The time from this date string can be found by extracting from the 11th to last to the 4th to the last character of the string. This is extracted using the slice() function. This string is the time representation of the UNIX timestamp. 

Syntax:

dateObj = new Date(unixTimestamp * 1000);
utcString = dateObj.toUTCString();
time = utcString.slice(-11, -4);

Example:

html

<h1 style="color: green">
    GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>
    How to convert Unix
    timestamp to time in JavaScript?
</b>
<p>
    UNIX Timestamp is: 10637282
</p>
<p>Time is: <span class="output">
    </span>
</p>

<button onclick="convertTimestamptoTime()">
    Get time from timestamp
</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function convertTimestamptoTime() {
        unixTimestamp = 10637282;

        // convert to milliseconds and
        // then create a new Date object
        dateObj = new Date(unixTimestamp * 1000);
        utcString = dateObj.toUTCString();

        time = utcString.slice(-11, -4);

        document.querySelector(
        '.output').textContent = time;
    }
</script>

Output:

How to convert Unix timestamp to time in JavaScript?

Method 2: Getting individual hours, minutes and seconds.

As JavaScript works in milliseconds, it is necessary to convert the time into milliseconds by multiplying it by 1000 before converting it. This value is then given to the Date() function to create a new Date object. Each part of the time is extracted from the Date object. The hour’s value in UTC is extracted from the date using the getUTCHours() method. The minute’s value in UTC is extracted from the date using the getUTCMinutes() method. The second’s value in UTC is extracted from the date using the getUTCSeconds() method. The final formatted date is created by converting each of these values to a string using the toString() method and then padding them with an extra ‘0’, if the value is a single-digit by using the padStart() method. The individual parts are then joined together with a colon(:) as the separator. This string is the time representation of the UNIX timestamp. 

Syntax:

dateObj = new Date(unixTimestamp * 1000);

// Get hours from the timestamp
hours = dateObj.getUTCHours();

// Get minutes part from the timestamp
minutes = dateObj.getUTCMinutes();

// Get seconds part from the timestamp
seconds = dateObj.getUTCSeconds();

formattedTime = hours.toString()
                     .padStart(2, '0') + ':' + 
                        minutes.toString()
                       .padStart(2, '0') + ':' + 
                        seconds.toString()
                       .padStart(2, '0');

Example:

html

<h1 style="color: green">
    GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>
    How to convert Unix timestamp
    to time in JavaScript?
</b>
<p>UNIX Timestamp is: 10637282</p>
<p>Time is: <span class="output">
    </span>
</p>

<button onclick="convertTimestamptoTime()">
    Get time from timestamp
</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function convertTimestamptoTime() {
        unixTimestamp = 10637282;

        // convert to milliseconds
        // and then create a new Date object
        dateObj = new Date(unixTimestamp * 1000);

        // Get hours from the timestamp
        hours = dateObj.getUTCHours();

        // Get minutes part from the timestamp
        minutes = dateObj.getUTCMinutes();

        // Get seconds part from the timestamp
        seconds = dateObj.getUTCSeconds();

        formattedTime = hours.toString().padStart(2, '0') + ':' +
            minutes.toString().padStart(2, '0') + ':' +
            seconds.toString().padStart(2, '0');

        document.querySelector('.output').textContent = formattedTime;
    }
</script>

Output:

How to convert Unix timestamp to time in JavaScript?