Get date using javascript in this format [MM/DD/YY]

Question

how can I get the date in this format [mm/dd/yy] using javascript. I am struggling to get the 'year' to a 2 digit figure as opposed to the full 4 digits.

Thanks!

Please show [what you've tried](http://whathaveyoutried.com). — zzzzBov, Nov 01 '12 at 19:24
possible duplicate of [Formatting a date in JavaScript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1056728/formatting-a-date-in-javascript) — jcollum, Nov 01 '12 at 19:27

Asad Saeeduddin · Answer 1 · 2012-11-01T19:38:17.733

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var date = new Date();
var datestring = ("0" + (date.getMonth() + 1).toString()).substr(-2) + "/" + ("0" + date.getDate().toString()).substr(-2)  + "/" + (date.getFullYear().toString()).substr(2);

This guarantees 2 digit dates and months.

edited Nov 01 '12 at 19:38

answered Nov 01 '12 at 19:25

Asad Saeeduddin

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I think you need a + 1 on the getMonth() – Adam Rackis Nov 01 '12 at 19:29
@AdamRackis Yeah I edited a few seconds ago, just realised I put the increment on the date. – Asad Saeeduddin Nov 01 '12 at 19:30
It's incorrect, getYear() will return year in three digits for year passed 2000, see https://tinker.io/a7188 – Nelson Nov 01 '12 at 19:36
@Nelson Updated, fixed the month and date too. – Asad Saeeduddin Nov 01 '12 at 19:40

Kevin Boucher · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-23T17:38:03.470

Try this:

HTML

<div id="output"></div>

JS

(function () {
    // Get current date
    var date = new Date();

    // Format day/month/year to two digits
    var formattedDate = ('0' + date.getDate()).slice(-2);
    var formattedMonth = ('0' + (date.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2);
    var formattedYear = date.getFullYear().toString().substr(2,2);

    // Combine and format date string
    var dateString = formattedMonth + '/' + formattedDate + '/' + formattedYear;

    // Reference output DIV
    var output = document.querySelector('#output');

    // Output dateString
    output.innerHTML = dateString;
})();

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/kboucher/4mLe1Lrd/

The dates and months could come out single digit. – Asad Saeeduddin Nov 01 '12 at 19:39 — Asad Saeeduddin, Nov 01 '12 at 19:39

Mina Gabriel · Answer 3 · 2013-11-23T01:26:35.493

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How About this for the year

String(new Date().getFullYear()).substr(2)

And since you need your Month from 01 through 12 do this

var d = new Date("2013/8/3"); 
(d.getMonth() < 10 ? "0" : "") + (d.getMonth() + 1)

Do the same thing for days, Minutes and seconds

Working Demo

edited Nov 23 '13 at 01:26

answered Nov 23 '13 at 01:19

Mina Gabriel

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