Javascript add leading zeroes to date

Question

I\'ve created this script to calculate the date for 10 days in advance in the format of dd/mm/yyyy:

var MyDate = new Date();
var MyDateString = new Date();
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Answer 1

You can use String.slice() which extracts a section of a string and returns it as a new string, without modifying the original string:

const currentDate = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10) // 2020-04-16

Or you can also use a lib such as Moment.js to format the date:

const moment = require("moment")
const currentDate = moment().format("YYYY-MM-DD") // 2020-04-16