I’m working on a React project where I need to handle user-selected dates and convert them to Central Time (America/Chicago) using Moment.js. However, I’m encountering an issue where the conversion doesn’t give the expected results, even though I’m already in the Central Time zone.

Here is the relevant code

import moment from “moment-timezone”;

[![function handleStartDateChange(startDate) {
  // Ensure startDate is parsed correctly
  let parsedStartDate = moment(startDate);

  // Convert the parsed startDate to Central Time
  let centralTimeStartDate = parsedStartDate.tz("America/Chicago");

  // Log the original and converted dates to verify
  console.log("User Selected Start Date:", startDate);
  console.log("Parsed Start Date:", parsedStartDate.format());
  console.log("Central Time Start Date:", centralTimeStartDate.format());

  // Store the converted date
  setStartDate(centralTimeStartDate);
}][1]][1]

The Central Time Start Date should be the same as the Parsed Start Date since I’m already in the Central Time zone, but it seems like it’s not converting as I expected.

I tried using moment.tz(startDate, “America/Chicago”) directly but it isn’t giving the results I expect.