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]
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/
I hope this is what you want:
const today = new Date();
const yyyy = today.getFullYear();
let mm = today.getMonth() + 1; // Months start at 0!
let dd = today.getDate();
if (dd < 10) dd = '0' + dd;
if (mm < 10) mm = '0' + mm;
const formattedToday = dd + '/' + mm + '/' + yyyy;
document.getElementById('DATE').value = formattedToday;
How do I get the current date in JavaScript?
I honestly suggest that you use moment.js. Just download moment.min.js and then use this snippet to get your date in whatever format you want:
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
// set an element
$("#date").val( moment().format('MMM D, YYYY') );
// set a variable
var today = moment().format('D MMM, YYYY');
});
</script>
Use following chart for date formats:
If you're using Node.js, you're sure to have EcmaScript 5, and so Date has a toISOString method. You're asking for a slight modification of ISO8601:
new Date().toISOString()
> '2012-11-04T14:51:06.157Z'
So just cut a few things out, and you're set:
new Date().toISOString().
replace(/T/, ' '). // replace T with a space
replace(/\..+/, '') // delete the dot and everything after
> '2012-11-04 14:55:45'
Or, in one line: new Date().toISOString().replace(/T/, ' ').replace(/\..+/, '')
ISO8601 is necessarily UTC (also indicated by the trailing Z on the first result), so you get UTC by default (always a good thing).
UPDATE 2021-10-06: Added Day.js and remove spurious edit by @ashleedawg
UPDATE 2021-04-07: Luxon added by @Tampa.
UPDATE 2021-02-28: It should now be noted that Moment.js is no longer being actively developed. It won't disappear in a hurry because it is embedded in so many other things. The website has some recommendations for alternatives and an explanation of why.
UPDATE 2017-03-29: Added date-fns, some notes on Moment and Datejs
UPDATE 2016-09-14: Added SugarJS which seems to have some excellent date/time functions.
OK, since no one has actually provided an actual answer, here is mine.
A library is certainly the best bet for handling dates and times in a standard way. There are lots of edge cases in date/time calculations so it is useful to be able to hand-off the development to a library.
Here is a list of the main Node compatible time formatting libraries:
- Day.js [added 2021-10-06] "Fast 2kB alternative to Moment.js with the same modern API"
- Luxon [added 2017-03-29, thanks to Tampa] "A powerful, modern, and friendly wrapper for JavaScript dates and times." - MomentJS rebuilt from the ground up with immutable types, chaining and much more.
- Moment.js [thanks to Mustafa] "A lightweight (4.3k) javascript date library for parsing, manipulating, and formatting dates" - Includes internationalization, calculations and relative date formats - Update 2017-03-29: Not quite so light-weight any more but still the most comprehensive solution, especially if you need timezone support. - Update 2021-02-28: No longer in active development.
- date-fns [added 2017-03-29, thanks to Fractalf] Small, fast, works with standard JS date objects. Great alternative to Moment if you don't need timezone support.
- SugarJS - A general helper library adding much needed features to JavaScripts built-in object types. Includes some excellent looking date/time capabilities.
- strftime - Just what it says, nice and simple
- dateutil - This is the one I used to use before MomentJS
- node-formatdate
- TimeTraveller - "Time Traveller provides a set of utility methods to deal with dates. From adding and subtracting, to formatting. Time Traveller only extends date objects that it creates, without polluting the global namespace."
- Tempus [thanks to Dan D] - UPDATE: this can also be used with Node and deployed with npm, see the docs
There are also non-Node libraries:
- Datejs [thanks to Peter Olson] - not packaged in npm or GitHub so not quite so easy to use with Node - not really recommended as not updated since 2007!
Seems that there is no good way to do it with original code unless using Regex. There are some modules such as Moment.js though.
If you are using npm:
npm install moment --save
Then in your code:
var moment = require('moment');
moment().format('yyyy-mm-dd:hh:mm:ss');
That may be much easier to understand.
What about:
new Date().toString().replace(/T/, ':').replace(/\.\w*/, '');
Returns for me:
2014-07-14:13:41:23
But the more safe way is using Date class methods which works in javascript (browser) and node.js:
var date = new Date();
function getDateStringCustom(oDate) {
var sDate;
if (oDate instanceof Date) {
sDate = oDate.getYear() + 1900
+ ':'
+ ((oDate.getMonth() + 1 < 10) ? '0' + (oDate.getMonth() + 1) : oDate.getMonth() + 1)
+ ':' + oDate.getDate()
+ ':' + oDate.getHours()
+ ':' + ((oDate.getMinutes() < 10) ? '0' + (oDate.getMinutes()) : oDate.getMinutes())
+ ':' + ((oDate.getSeconds() < 10) ? '0' + (oDate.getSeconds()) : oDate.getSeconds());
} else {
throw new Error("oDate is not an instance of Date");
}
return sDate;
}
alert(getDateStringCustom(date));
Returns in node.js:
/usr/local/bin/node date.js 2014:07:14:16:13:10
And in Firebug:
2014:07:14:16:14:31
» npm install date-and-time
From ES6 onwards you can use template strings to make it a little shorter:
var now = new Date();
var todayString = `${now.getFullYear()}-${now.getMonth()}-${now.getDate()}`;
This solution does not zero pad. Look to the other good answers to see how to do that.
If using AngularJs (up to 1.5) you can use the date filter:
var formattedDate = $filter('date')(myDate, 'yyyyMMdd')