Question

how can I get the date in this format [mm/dd/yy] using javascript. I am struggling to get the ‘year’ to a 2 digit figure as opposed to the full 4 digits.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try this:

HTML

<div id="output"></div>

JS

(function () {
    // Get current date
    var date = new Date();

    // Format day/month/year to two digits
    var formattedDate = ('0' + date.getDate()).slice(-2);
    var formattedMonth = ('0' + (date.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2);
    var formattedYear = date.getFullYear().toString().substr(2,2);

    // Combine and format date string
    var dateString = formattedMonth + '/' + formattedDate + '/' + formattedYear;

    // Reference output DIV
    var output = document.querySelector('#output');

    // Output dateString
    output.innerHTML = dateString;
})();

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/kboucher/4mLe1Lrd/