Angularjs - display current date

Question

I got a view in angularjs and I\'m just trying to display the current date(formatted). I thought something like {{Date.now() | date:\'yyyy-MM-dd\'}}

Answer 1

Template

Directive

.directive('dateNow', ['$filter', function($filter) {
  return {
    link: function( $scope, $element, $attrs) {
      $element.text($filter('date')(new Date(), $attrs.dateNow));
    }
  };
}])

Because you can't access the Date object direcly in a template (for an inline solution), I opteted for this Directive. It also keeps your Controllers clean and is reusable.