Question

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

?

Answer 1

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.