How to display a Date object in a specific format using JavaScript?

Question

I have a Date object and I\'d like to display it in the below format:

var myDate = getDate();
// this format: \"13 Jan 2012 11:00am\";

How

Answer 1

There are many date formatting packages available for javascript, I've had great success with Steven Levithan's dateformat.

dateFormat(getDate(), "dd mmm yyyy hh:MMtt");

Edit: It also adds a format method to Date.prototype, if you enjoy that style:

getDate().format("dd mmm yyyy hh:MMtt");