Question

I have this code:

var Date = "Feb 17, 2012";

How can I convert it to

Date = "17/02/2012"

using jQuery?

Answer 1

You can use Date() constructor to parse your date :

var mydate = new Date("Feb 17, 2012");

then you have to build up your required format as follows, in this case DD/MM/YYYY :

var newdate = mydate.getDate() + '/' +
              ("0" + (parseInt(mydate.getMonth())+1)).slice(-2) + '/' +
               mydate.getFullYear();

Working example : http://jsfiddle.net/bd3sa/2/

Docs on Date object here