var moment = require('moment-timezone'); /** * force UTC * - you can require moment or moment-timezone, both is configured to UTC * - you are allowed to use new Date() to instantiate datetime values for models, because they are transformed into UTC in the model layer * - be careful when not working with models, every value from the native JS Date is local TZ * - be careful when you work with date operations, therefor always wrap a date into moment */ moment.tz.setDefault('UTC');