Date.toISOString() but local time instead of UTC

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There is limited built-in support for formatting date strings with timezones in ECMA-262, there is either implementation dependent toString and toLocaleString methods or toISOString, which is always UTC. It would be good if toISOString allowed a parameter to specify UTC or local offset (where the default is UTC).

Writing your own function to generate an ISO 8601 compliant timestamp with local offset isn’t difficult:

function toISOLocal(d) {
  var z  = n =>  ('0' + n).slice(-2);
  var zz = n => ('00' + n).slice(-3);
  var off = d.getTimezoneOffset();
  var sign = off > 0? '-' : '+';
  off = Math.abs(off);

  return d.getFullYear() + '-'
         + z(d.getMonth()+1) + '-' +
         z(d.getDate()) + 'T' +
         z(d.getHours()) + ':'  + 
         z(d.getMinutes()) + ':' +
         z(d.getSeconds()) + '.' +
         zz(d.getMilliseconds()) +
         sign + z(off/60|0) + ':' + z(off%60); 
}

console.log(toISOLocal(new Date()));

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