[Addendum 12/2022]: Here's a library to format dates using Intl.DateTimeFormat.
[Addendum 01/2024]: And here is a (ES-)Date manipulation library
Try something like this
var d = new Date,
dformat = [d.getMonth()+1,
d.getDate(),
d.getFullYear()].join('/')+' '+
[d.getHours(),
d.getMinutes(),
d.getSeconds()].join(':');
If you want leading zero's for values < 10, use this number extension
Number.prototype.padLeft = function(base,chr){
var len = (String(base || 10).length - String(this).length)+1;
return len > 0? new Array(len).join(chr || '0')+this : this;
}
// usage
//=> 3..padLeft() => '03'
//=> 3..padLeft(100,'-') => '--3'
Applied to the previous code:
var d = new Date,
dformat = [(d.getMonth()+1).padLeft(),
d.getDate().padLeft(),
d.getFullYear()].join('/') +' ' +
[d.getHours().padLeft(),
d.getMinutes().padLeft(),
d.getSeconds().padLeft()].join(':');
//=> dformat => '05/17/2012 10:52:21'
See this code in [jsfiddle][1]
[edit 2019] Using ES20xx, you can use a template literal and the new padStart string extension.
const dt = new Date();
const padL = (nr, len = 2, chr = `0`) => `${nr}`.padStart(2, chr);
console.log(`${
padL(dt.getMonth()+1)}/${
padL(dt.getDate())}/${
dt.getFullYear()} ${
padL(dt.getHours())}:${
padL(dt.getMinutes())}:${
padL(dt.getSeconds())}`
);
Answer from KooiInc on Stack Overflow[Addendum 12/2022]: Here's a library to format dates using Intl.DateTimeFormat.
[Addendum 01/2024]: And here is a (ES-)Date manipulation library
Try something like this
var d = new Date,
dformat = [d.getMonth()+1,
d.getDate(),
d.getFullYear()].join('/')+' '+
[d.getHours(),
d.getMinutes(),
d.getSeconds()].join(':');
If you want leading zero's for values < 10, use this number extension
Number.prototype.padLeft = function(base,chr){
var len = (String(base || 10).length - String(this).length)+1;
return len > 0? new Array(len).join(chr || '0')+this : this;
}
// usage
//=> 3..padLeft() => '03'
//=> 3..padLeft(100,'-') => '--3'
Applied to the previous code:
var d = new Date,
dformat = [(d.getMonth()+1).padLeft(),
d.getDate().padLeft(),
d.getFullYear()].join('/') +' ' +
[d.getHours().padLeft(),
d.getMinutes().padLeft(),
d.getSeconds().padLeft()].join(':');
//=> dformat => '05/17/2012 10:52:21'
See this code in [jsfiddle][1]
[edit 2019] Using ES20xx, you can use a template literal and the new padStart string extension.
const dt = new Date();
const padL = (nr, len = 2, chr = `0`) => `${nr}`.padStart(2, chr);
console.log(`${
padL(dt.getMonth()+1)}/${
padL(dt.getDate())}/${
dt.getFullYear()} ${
padL(dt.getHours())}:${
padL(dt.getMinutes())}:${
padL(dt.getSeconds())}`
);
You can always format a date by extracting the parts and combine them using string functions in desired order:
function formatDate(date) {
let datePart = [
date.getMonth() + 1,
date.getDate(),
date.getFullYear()
].map((n, i) => n.toString().padStart(i === 2 ? 4 : 2, "0")).join("/");
let timePart = [
date.getHours(),
date.getMinutes(),
date.getSeconds()
].map((n, i) => n.toString().padStart(2, "0")).join(":");
return datePart + " " + timePart;
}
let date = new Date();
console.log("%o => %s", date, formatDate(date));
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var myDate = new Date(1559736267189);
alert(myDate.getFullYear() + '-' +('0' + (myDate.getMonth()+1)).slice(-2)+ '-' + ('0' + myDate.getDate()).slice(-2) + ' '+myDate.getHours()+ ':'+('0' + (myDate.getMinutes())).slice(-2)+ ':'+myDate.getSeconds());
Use below function in fiddle
<a href="https://jsfiddle.net/pareshmutha1900/mbcmf0k4/">Link</a>
var dateFormat = function () {
var token = /d{1,4}|m{1,4}|yy(?:yy)?|([HhMsTt])\1?|[LloSZ]|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'/g,
timezone = /\b(?:[PMCEA][SDP]T|(?:Pacific|Mountain|Central|Eastern|Atlantic) (?:Standard|Daylight|Prevailing) Time|(?:GMT|UTC)(?:[-+]\d{4})?)\b/g,
timezoneClip = /[^-+\dA-Z]/g,
pad = function (val, len) {
val = String(val);
len = len || 2;
while (val.length < len) val = "0" + val;
return val;
};
// Regexes and supporting functions are cached through closure
return function (date, mask, utc) {
var dF = dateFormat;
// You can't provide utc if you skip other args (use the "UTC:" mask prefix)
if (arguments.length == 1 && Object.prototype.toString.call(date) == "[object String]" && !/\d/.test(date)) {
mask = date;
date = undefined;
}
// Passing date through Date applies Date.parse, if necessary
date = date ? new Date(date) : new Date;
if (isNaN(date)) throw SyntaxError("invalid date");
mask = String(dF.masks[mask] || mask || dF.masks["default"]);
// Allow setting the utc argument via the mask
if (mask.slice(0, 4) == "UTC:") {
mask = mask.slice(4);
utc = true;
}
var _ = utc ? "getUTC" : "get",
d = date[_ + "Date"](),
D = date[_ + "Day"](),
m = date[_ + "Month"](),
y = date[_ + "FullYear"](),
H = date[_ + "Hours"](),
M = date[_ + "Minutes"](),
s = date[_ + "Seconds"](),
L = date[_ + "Milliseconds"](),
o = utc ? 0 : date.getTimezoneOffset(),
flags = {
d: d,
dd: pad(d),
ddd: dF.i18n.dayNames[D],
dddd: dF.i18n.dayNames[D + 7],
m: m + 1,
mm: pad(m + 1),
mmm: dF.i18n.monthNames[m],
mmmm: dF.i18n.monthNames[m + 12],
yy: String(y).slice(2),
yyyy: y,
h: H % 12 || 12,
hh: pad(H % 12 || 12),
H: H,
HH: pad(H),
M: M,
MM: pad(M),
s: s,
ss: pad(s),
l: pad(L, 3),
L: pad(L > 99 ? Math.round(L / 10) : L),
t: H < 12 ? "a" : "p",
tt: H < 12 ? "am" : "pm",
T: H < 12 ? "A" : "P",
TT: H < 12 ? "AM" : "PM",
Z: utc ? "UTC" : (String(date).match(timezone) || [""]).pop().replace(timezoneClip, ""),
o: (o > 0 ? "-" : "+") + pad(Math.floor(Math.abs(o) / 60) * 100 + Math.abs(o) % 60, 4),
S: ["th", "st", "nd", "rd"][d % 10 > 3 ? 0 : (d % 100 - d % 10 != 10) * d % 10]
};
return mask.replace(token, function ($0) {
return $0 in flags ? flags[
0.slice(1, $0.length - 1);
});
};
}();
// Some common format strings
dateFormat.masks = {
"default": "ddd mmm dd yyyy HH:MM:ss",
shortDate: "m/d/yy",
mediumDate: "mmm d, yyyy",
longDate: "mmmm d, yyyy",
fullDate: "dddd, mmmm d, yyyy",
shortTime: "h:MM TT",
mediumTime: "h:MM:ss TT",
longTime: "h:MM:ss TT Z",
isoDate: "yyyy-mm-dd",
isoTime: "HH:MM:ss",
isoDateTime: "yyyy-mm-dd'T'HH:MM:ss",
isoUtcDateTime: "UTC:yyyy-mm-dd'T'HH:MM:ss'Z'"
};
// Internationalization strings
dateFormat.i18n = {
dayNames: [
"Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat",
"Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"
],
monthNames: [
"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec",
"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"
]
};
// For convenience...
Date.prototype.format = function (mask, utc) {
return dateFormat(this, mask, utc);
};
today = new Date();
var dateString = today.format("yyyy-mm-dd h:mm");
alert(dateString);
For any one looking for a really simple ES6 solution to copy, paste and adopt:
const dateToString = d => `${d.getFullYear()}-${('00' + (d.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2)}-${('00' + d.getDate()).slice(-2)}`
// how to use:
const myDate = new Date(Date.parse('04 Dec 1995 00:12:00 GMT'))
console.log(dateToString(myDate)) // 1995-12-04
The JavaScript Intl.DateTimeFormat method provides a convenient way to format dates.
Here is how the needed format can be constructed:
const date = new Date("2010-08-10");
let d=new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB',{year:"numeric", month:"short",day:"2-digit"}).format(date).split(" ").join("-");
console.log(d);
Just leverage the built-in toISOString method that brings your date to the ISO 8601 format:
let yourDate = new Date()
yourDate.toISOString().split('T')[0]
Where yourDate is your date object.
Edit: @exbuddha wrote this to handle time zone in the comments:
const offset = yourDate.getTimezoneOffset()
yourDate = new Date(yourDate.getTime() - (offset*60*1000))
return yourDate.toISOString().split('T')[0]
You can do:
function formatDate(date) {
var d = new Date(date),
month = '' + (d.getMonth() + 1),
day = '' + d.getDate(),
year = d.getFullYear();
if (month.length < 2)
month = '0' + month;
if (day.length < 2)
day = '0' + day;
return [year, month, day].join('-');
}
console.log(formatDate('Sun May 11,2014'));
Usage example:
console.log(formatDate('Sun May 11,2014'));
Output:
2014-05-11
Demo on JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/abdulrauf6182012/2Frm3/
If you are using the native Date javascript object, you can simply use .toISOString method to get a formatted string with milliseconds:
const date = new Date();
const dateString = date.toISOString(); // "2020-01-06T19:57:12.146Z"
Note that using .toString won't give you milliseconds precision.
It's indicated by an f:
"dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss fff"