Formatting the date time with Javascript

Question

I have a date/time string like 2012-01-13 04:37:20 but I want to convert it to dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm, how can i do this?

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Answer 1

I think it is best to use the Intl.DateTimeFormat class.

The usage is fairly straightforward. You can not enter a pattern as you want to, but it will give you the results you want.

Here is an example on how to use it:

public formatDate(date : Date) : string{
    var options = {  year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' };
    return new Intl.DateTimeFormat('de-DE', options).format(date);
}

If you really want to enter a DateTimeFormat string, it would be easy enough to write a function which parses the string using Regex, but I don't think it is needed.

For further Information go here:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/DateTimeFormat