In Javascript how can i get todays date in this format yyyymmdd

Question

Like i need to get todays date in format like 20120924 (yyyymmdd).How can i get this in javascript.

Duplicate so far [How do I format a Javascript Date?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/986657/how-do-i-format-a-javascript-date?rq=1) — Andreas Rohde, Sep 24 '12 at 12:51
refer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1056728/formatting-a-date-in-javascript it will help you... — V.J., Sep 24 '12 at 12:56

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 24 '12 at 13:01

You could add a method to the date prototype, so you can use it on any date object:

Date.prototype.toMyString = function () {

    function padZero(obj) {
          obj = obj + '';
          if (obj.length == 1)
              obj = "0" + obj
          return obj;
    }

    var output = "";
    output += this.getFullYear();
    output += padZero(this.getMonth()+1);
    output += padZero(this.getDate());

    return output; 
}

var d = new Date();
alert(d.toMyString());  // Today

var otherDate = new Date(2012,0,1);
alert(otherDate.toMyString());  //Jan 1 2012

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/johnkoer/4rk7K/10/

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 12 '15 at 14:34

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This worked for me.

var rDate = (new Date()).toISOString().slice(0, 10).replace(/-/g, "");

edited May 12 '15 at 14:34

Soner Gönül

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answered May 12 '15 at 14:31

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 12 '18 at 15:46

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Try this.

var date = new Date();
var year = date.getFullYear().toString();
var month = date.getMonth().toString();
var day = date.getDate().toString();

if (parseInt(month) < 10) month = "0" + month;
if (parseInt(day) < 10) day = "0" + day;

var parsedDate = year + month + day;

(edit) Improved this function by making the day equate to the day of the month, rather than the day of the week.

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answered Sep 24 '12 at 12:57

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Guy de Carufel · Answer 4 · 2014-12-07T00:53:18.687

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How about

date = new Date().toJSON().substr(0,10).split("-")
date = date[0] + date[1] + date[2]

Edit:
This will return the UTC date, not local date...

For local date, you could use:

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

edited Dec 07 '14 at 00:53

answered Dec 03 '14 at 06:01

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score -2 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 24 '12 at 12:52

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var d = new Date();
var curr_date = d.getDate();
var curr_month = d.getMonth();
var curr_year = d.getFullYear();
document.write(curr_year + curr_month + curr_date);

That should give the right date:)

answered Sep 24 '12 at 12:52

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a little change.. document.write(curr_year +""+ curr_month +""+ curr_date); otherwise its a addition. – Arun David Sep 24 '12 at 12:53
You would need to add zero-padding & adjust the month which will be 0 based – Alex K. Sep 24 '12 at 12:55

In Javascript how can i get todays date in this format yyyymmdd

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