FormattedDate converting from local time rather than specified or from context

[sofiacf]

react-intl question:

I'm trying to handle a case where a datetime I'm passing to FormattedDate does not have a time zone associated with it (ie, no 'Z' at the end).

In this example, even though the context value correctly reads PST, the un-zoned time is converted to UTC from my machine's local time (EST).

<IntlProvider locale={"en"} timeZone="PST">
      <IntlContext.Consumer>
        {(context) => context.timeZone}
        {/*correctly displays 'PST'*/}
      </IntlContext.Consumer>
      <div>
        <FormattedDate
          value={"2021-03-01T12:00"}
          timeZone="UTC"
          day="numeric"
          month="short"
          year="numeric"
          hour="numeric"
          minute="2-digit"
        />
        {/* converts to UTC from EST??*/}
      </div>
    </IntlProvider>

I would've expected it to use PST or UTC. Is there a way to set this?

[longlho]

We just use native browser date parser and it's known to be inconsistent.

[sofiacf]

Makes sense. Okay, thank you. I will just fix the data :)