Get Value in MM/DD/YYYY format

Question

I want to get the 2 months back date from today and display it in MM/DD/YYYY format.

Below is my code and it is giving value like this "Tue Feb 11 14:30:42 EST 2014"

   var d = new Date();
                    d.setMonth(d.getMonth() - 2);
                    $('#<%= txtStartDate.ClientID%>').val(d);

[`toLocaleDateString()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toLocaleDateString) will format it this way in the US locale by default. — tadman, Apr 11 '14 at 18:40

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 11 '14 at 18:45

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Personally I love MomentJS for date manipulation in Javascript. With it you can do this...

moment().subtract(2, 'months').format('MM/DD/YYYY')

and get back this 02/11/2014

It's so easy to read too.

You can download MomentJS here.

edited Apr 11 '14 at 18:45

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answered Apr 11 '14 at 18:34

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No problem. It's what the site is for. – phuzi Apr 11 '14 at 19:08

LHH · Answer 2 · 2014-04-11T18:46:33.860

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var today = new Date();
  var dd = today.getDate();
  var mm = today.setMonth(today.getMonth() - 2); 
  var yyyy = today.getFullYear();
  today_date = mm + '/' + dd + '/' + yyyy

Try this code

edited Apr 11 '14 at 18:46

answered Apr 11 '14 at 18:34

LHH

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i haven't downvoted, but: what happens with your code, if the month is 01? ;) – simplyray Apr 11 '14 at 18:36
explain the reason who gave me downvote? – LHH Apr 11 '14 at 18:36
when your month will be 01? – LHH Apr 11 '14 at 18:37
var d = new Date(); d.setMonth(d.getMonth() - 2); this should work – LHH Apr 11 '14 at 18:40
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this is better. your first solution doesn't work since it fails if the month is - e.g. - january (1 - (-2) = -1). You might want to edit your answer and update it. – simplyray Apr 11 '14 at 18:44
This is what I am having. Please check my first post – user1144271 Apr 11 '14 at 18:45

Get Value in MM/DD/YYYY format

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