Date formatting

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Using the following:

var date = new Date(parseInt(jsonDate.substr(6)));

I get:

Mon Feb 22 1993 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)

How do I format this too

22-02-1993

?

Possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1056728/formatting-a-date-in-javascript — Joseph at SwiftOtter, Mar 07 '12 at 14:06

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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You use the getFullYear, getMonth (note that the values start with 0), and getDate functions on the Date instance, then assemble a string. (Those links are to the specification, which can be hard to read; MDC does a bit better.)

Or use a library like DateJS (although it hasn't been maintained in quite some time) or as joidegn mentions, moment.js.

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answered Mar 07 '12 at 14:06

T.J. Crowder

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@joidegn: Yeah, and it's not because it's bug-free. :-) I was just looking with great interest at your link. – T.J. Crowder Mar 07 '12 at 14:11
a pitty because I quite like datejs syntax. – joidegn Mar 07 '12 at 14:34

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 07 '12 at 14:07

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momentjs works nicely. NAtive Javascript unfortunately lacks somewhat in this regard although You could cocatenate the date elements together.

answered Mar 07 '12 at 14:07

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a.tereschenkov · Answer 3 · 2012-03-07T16:37:05.837

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var month = date.getMonth();
date.getDate() + "-" + (month >= 10 ? month : '0' + month) + "-" + date.getFullYear();

Read more about Date object in Javascript

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answered Mar 07 '12 at 14:05

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With his example date that will give him `22-1-1993`. And w3schools is not a good reference, strongly recommend [MDC](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript) or the specification. – T.J. Crowder Mar 07 '12 at 14:08

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