Javascript - Formatting Date string to YYYY-MM-DD

Question

I need to express a Date as a String with the exact format format:

 2015-01-20

I see there is an date.toIsoFormatString() but not sure where or how to provide the format shown above.

 Here is my code:

 var future = new Date();
 future.setDate(future.getDate() + 30);
 console.log(future);

Now I want future.toString() or future.toIsoFormatString() to display the date in just the YYYY-MM-DD format.

And any of [these answers](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1056728/where-can-i-find-documentation-on-formatting-a-date-in-javascript) or the [documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date) couldn't solve your problem? — Teemu, Jan 30 '15 at 22:51
No Teemu. No console.log(future.toString('yyyy-MM-dd')); taken directly from this answer yields: Sun Mar 01 2015 15:01:59 GMT-0800 (PST), but if you can think of an answer please post it. — Get Smarter, Jan 30 '15 at 23:03
Well, I could have boiled it down to four letters (RTFM), I thought the dig stuff would be nicer to read. Btw. please be careful with the Vodka ... — Teemu, Jan 30 '15 at 23:30

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 30 '15 at 23:35

6

IE>8 and all other updated browsers can do this natively-

new Date().toISOString().slice(0,10);

answered Jan 30 '15 at 23:35

kennebec

*toISOString* uses UTC, whereas the OP appears to want the local date. This will produce the wrong local date for the period of the timezone offset adjacent to midnight. – RobG Jul 24 '19 at 20:35

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '15 at 23:05

You can use momentJs library for formated date.

Example without momentJs :

 myDate = new Date();
 myDate.getFullYear() + "-" + (myDate.getMonth()+1) + "-" + myDate.getDate() // 2015-1-31

Example with momentJs :

moment().format("YYYY-MM-DD") // 2015-01-31

MomentJs have many others useful function

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