format dayjs utc object with current timezone
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Description
**Describe the bug**
I want to format UTC date (comes from backend) with current timezone. Can't find a way to do it. But `fromNow` formats a relative string, keeping in mind current timezone.
**Expected behavior**
It's a bit inconsistent that relative formatting of UTC date respects current timezone and absolute doesn't.
The only problem here is to format utc time with current timezone. I can't find any flag such as `respectTimezone`, so absolute date is formatted relative to current timezone.
**Information**
- Day.js Version 1.9.7
- OS: Xubuntu
- Browser Chromium Version 87.0.4280.88 (Official Build) snap (64-bit), Firefox 84.0
- Time zone: GMT+0300 (Moscow Standard Time)
code:
```js
dayjs.extend(dayjs_plugin_relativeTime)
dayjs.extend(dayjs_plugin_localizedFormat)
dayjs.extend(dayjs_plugin_utc)
dayjs.extend(dayjs_plugin_timezone)
console.log(String(new Date()))
const now = dayjs()
console.log('now:', now.format())
const date = dayjs.utc("2020-12-20T23:30:00.000")
console.log('UTC date:', date.format())
console.log('UTC date format LLL:', date.format('LLL'))
console.log('UTC date from now:', date.fromNow())
```
output:
```
"Mon Dec 21 2020 02:45:43 GMT+0300 (Moscow Standard Time)"
"now:" "2020-12-21T02:45:43+03:00"
"UTC date:" "2020-12-20T23:30:00Z"
"UTC date format LLL:" "December 20, 2020 11:30 PM"
"UTC date from now:" "16 minutes ago"
```
Pen:
https://codepen.io/mahenzon/pen/NWRvdYV?editors=0011
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with the provided dayjs.utc example and the relativeTime, localizedFormat, utc, and timezone plugins. Compare the absolute format output with fromNow in the reported GMT+0300 timezone; done means the intended current-timezone behavior is defined and covered for UTC input.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
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- localization
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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