Question

Hello I want to get today’s date in JavaScript in the following format: dd/mm/YYYY

The following code does the job but surely there is a shorter way to write this?

    var today = new Date();
    var day = today.getDate();
    var month = today.getMonth()+1;
    var year = today.getFullYear(); 
    var todaysDate = day + "/" + month + "/" + year;

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

recommend a great js date/time lib: http://momentjs.com/

moment().format('D/M/YYYY');   //"10/2/2013"

if you need padding zeros:

moment().format('DD/MM/YYYY'); //"10/02/2013"

if you want write pure js, nothing much can do here, just cut off some variable.

var today = new Date;
//parenthesis around month is required.
var todaysDate =  today.getDate() + '/' +  (today.getMonth()+1) + '/' + today.getFullYear();
//"10/2/2013"