Bug when parsing unix timestamp and using default time zone

[maggiepint]

As reported in moment/moment#3158 there is an issue where parsing an 'X' token will not work correctly with a default timezone.

moment.tz.setDefault("America/Chicago");

moment("1461906597", "X").isValid(); // false

This is an issue with the way updateOffset handles default time zones.

        if (mom._z === undefined) {
            if (zone && needsOffset(mom) && !mom._isUTC) {
                mom._d = moment.utc(mom._a)._d;
                mom.utc().add(zone.parse(mom), 'minutes');
            }
            mom._z = zone;
        }

This bit of code will attempt to take the initial _a array from the moment config, and use it to construct a new UTC moment. With a timestamp, _a is an array with a bunch of undefined values, ergo this doesn't work.

[westy92]

I added a unit test for this to my fork of the repo: westy92@dde7030.

[mityukov]

Sorry, is there a solution for this issue at the moment (besides of the unit test added)?

Or, is there any other way to apply kind of "default" timezone to all subsequent moment().format() calls?

[mattjohnsonpint]

The workaround for now is to pass the timestamp as a number instead of a string.

moment.unix(1461906597) // seconds
moment(1461906597123)   // milliseconds

If you have a string, then use + or parseInt to convert to number.

[mityukov]

Thank you! Will it apply my default timezone, or just help to avoid errors?

[mattjohnsonpint]

It's a better form to use anyway, and yes - it will work with the default time zone. The bug is only that the default timezone isn't working with x or X string formats.