Get exact day from date string in Javascript

Question

I have checked this SO post: Where can I find documentation on formatting a date in JavaScript?

Also I have looked into http://home.clara.net/shotover/datetest.htm

My string is: Mon Jun 24 2013 05:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

And I want to convert it to dd-mm-yyyy format.

I tried using:

var dateString = 'Mon Jun 24 2013 05:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)';
var myDate = new Date(dateString);
var final_date = myDate.getDay()+"-"+(myDate.getMonth()+1)+"-"+myDate.getFullYear();

But it gives me the result as: 1-6-2013

The getDay() value is the index of day in a week.
For Instance, If my dateString is Thu Jun 20 2013 05:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
it gives output as 4-6-2013

How can I get the proper value of Day?

P.S: I tried using .toLocaleString() and creating new date object from it. But it gives the same result.

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '13 at 06:56

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To get the day of the month use getDate():

var final_date = myDate.getDate()+"-"+(myDate.getMonth()+1)+"-"+myDate.getFullYear();

answered Jun 11 '13 at 06:56

Sirko

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 11 '13 at 06:58

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W3 schools suggests just building your days of the week array and using it:

var d=new Date();
var weekday=new Array(7);
weekday[0]="Sunday";
weekday[1]="Monday";
weekday[2]="Tuesday";
weekday[3]="Wednesday";
weekday[4]="Thursday";
weekday[5]="Friday";
weekday[6]="Saturday";

var n = weekday[d.getDay()];

Not super elegant, but usable.

answered Jun 11 '13 at 06:58

mike

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You noted, that OP wants the date as `dd-mm-yyyy`? – Sirko Jun 11 '13 at 06:59

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 11 '13 at 06:59

var dateString = 'Mon Jun 24 2013 05:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)';
var myDate = new Date(dateString);
var final_date = myDate.getDate()+"-"+(myDate.getMonth()+1)+"-"+myDate.getFullYear();

Replace getDay() with getDate().

The above will return the local date for each date part, use the UTC variants if you need the universal time.

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 29 '13 at 17:09

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I think you will have to take an Array of the days & utilize it using the received index from the getDay() method.

edited Nov 29 '13 at 17:09

Adam Lear

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answered Jun 11 '13 at 06:56

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 31 '23 at 17:09

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To get required format with given date will achieve with moment.js. a one liner solution is

import moment from "moment";

const date = new Date();
const finalDate = moment(date).format("DD-MM-YYYY")

answered Jan 31 '23 at 17:09

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Get exact day from date string in Javascript

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