How do I display todays date in Node.js Jade?

Question

I am new to Node.js and Jade and I have tried to use #{Date.now()} and it\'s giving me numbers. How do I display the date in mm/dd/yy format?

Answer 1

I found a solution 1.Create a function in pug using - syntax 2.pass the varible to the function when pug.js is binding variables to the pug template

    -function prettyDate(dateString){
                        -var date = new Date(dateString);
                        -var d = date.getDate();
                        -var monthNames = [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun","Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" ];
                        -var m = monthNames[date.getMonth()];
                        -var y = date.getFullYear();
                        -return d+' '+m+' '+y;
                    -}
3.span.post-date #{prettyDate(val.date)};