Javascript date - Leading 0 for days and months where applicable

Question

Is there a clean way of adding a 0 in front of the day or month when the day or month is less than 10:

var myDate = new Date();
var prettyDate =(myDate.getFu         


        

Answer 1

You will have to manually check if it needs a leading zero and add it if necessary...

var m = myDate.getMonth();
var d =  myDate.getDate();

if (m < 10) {
    m = '0' + m
}

if (d < 10) {
    d = '0' + d
}

var prettyDate = myDate.getFullYear() +'-'+ m +'-'+ d;