How do I format a Javascript Date?

Question

How do I format this date so that the alert displays the date in MM/dd/yyyy format?

Answer 1

Just another option:

DP_DateExtensions Library

Not saying it's any better than the other options, but I like it (of course I'm not completely unbiased).

Answer 2

A simple format would be:

var d = new Date() // Thu Jun 30 2016 12:50:43 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time (Mexico))
d.toJSON(); // "2016-06-30T17:50:43.084Z"

Answer 3

You Could try:

date = new Date().toLocaleDateString().split("/")
date[0].length == 1 ? "0" + date[0] : date[0]
date[1].length == 1 ? "0" + date[1] : date[1]
date = date[0] + "/" + date[1] + "/" + date[2]

Answer 4

You have to get old school on it:

Date.prototype.toMMddyyyy = function() {

    var padNumber = function(number) {

        number = number.toString();

        if (number.length === 1) {
            return "0" + number;
        }
        return number;
    };

    return padNumber(date.getMonth() + 1) + "/" 
         + padNumber(date.getDate()) + "/" + date.getFullYear();
};

Answer 5

With a proper library you could internationalize your app for the whole world with just a few lines of code. By default it automatically localizes the date for the browser locale, but you can also define your own patterns:

dojo.date.locale.format(
  new Date(2007,2,23,6,6,6),
  {datePattern: "yyyy-MM-dd", selector: "date"}
);
// yields: "2007-03-23"

From: Formatting dates and times using custom patterns

Answer 6

add Jquery Ui plugin to your page

alert($.datepicker.formatDate('dd M yy', new Date()));