Question

How to format a JavaScript date?

Answer 1

JavaScript Date Time

You can get the current date and time in JavaScript using the Date object.

// the following gives the current date and time object

new Date()

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Using the date object you can print the current date and time.

let current_datetime = new Date()

console.log(current_datetime.toString())

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The above code outputs the current date and time as shown:

// output

"Fri Oct 19 2018 17:10:12 GMT+0530 (IST)"

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JavaScript Date Time Format

The above shown date time is the default format. It’s not so straight to change JavaScript date time format.