Convert date to specific format in javascript?

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Hi i want to convert the current date to a format as follows in javascript: Apr 12, 2011 06:42:03.

Any suggestions?????

Possible duplicate of Where can I find documentation on formatting a date in JavaScript? — Heretic Monkey
– Heretic Monkey, Commented May 27, 2019 at 1:26

clamchoda · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12 15:40:49Z

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Little example I just whipped up for you. Very easy to tell whats going on.

var monthNames = new Array("January", "February", "March", 
"April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", 
"October", "November", "December");

var today = new Date();
var cDate = today.getDate();
var cMonth = today.getMonth();
var cYear = today.getFullYear();

var cHour = today.getHours();
var cMin = today.getMinutes();
var cSec = today.getSeconds();

alert( monthNames[cMonth] + " " +cDate  + "," +cYear + " " +cHour+ ":" + cMin+ ":" +cSec );

answered Apr 12, 2011 at 15:40

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SavoryBytes · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12 15:40:06Z

Have you looked at this

dateFormat(now, "mmm dd, yyyy hh:MM:ss");

it is light weight (1.2 KB) and supports the following formats

d Day of the month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit days.
dd Day of the month as digits; leading zero for single-digit days.
ddd Day of the week as a three-letter abbreviation.
dddd Day of the week as its full name.
m Month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit months.
mm Month as digits; leading zero for single-digit months.
mmm Month as a three-letter abbreviation.
mmmm Month as its full name.
yy Year as last two digits; leading zero for years less than 10.
yyyy Year represented by four digits.
h Hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock).
hh Hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock).
H Hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock).
HH Hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock).
M Minutes; no leading zero for single-digit minutes. Uppercase M unlike CF timeFormat's m to avoid conflict with months.
MM Minutes; leading zero for single-digit minutes. Uppercase MM unlike CF timeFormat's mm to avoid conflict with months.
s Seconds; no leading zero for single-digit seconds.
ss Seconds; leading zero for single-digit seconds.
l or L Milliseconds. l gives 3 digits. L gives 2 digits.
t Lowercase, single-character time marker string: a or p.
tt Lowercase, two-character time marker string: am or pm.
T Uppercase, single-character time marker string: A or P. Uppercase T unlike CF's t to allow for user-specified casing.
TT Uppercase, two-character time marker string: AM or PM. Uppercase TT unlike CF's tt to allow for user-specified casing.
Z US timezone abbreviation, e.g. EST or MDT. With non-US timezones or in the Opera browser, the GMT/UTC offset is returned, e.g. GMT-0500
o GMT/UTC timezone offset, e.g. -0500 or +0230.
S The date's ordinal suffix (st, nd, rd, or th). Works well with d.
'…' or "…" Literal character sequence. Surrounding quotes are removed.
UTC: Must be the first four characters of the mask. Converts the date from local time to UTC/GMT/Zulu time before applying the mask. The "UTC:" prefix is removed.

Alex KeySmith · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12 16:06:32Z

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You may be interested in http://www.datejs.com/

thanks for the comments guys, I should of really linked more directly to the formatting options.

http://code.google.com/p/datejs/wiki/FormatSpecifiers

edited Apr 12, 2011 at 16:06

answered Apr 12, 2011 at 15:23

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4 Comments

Dykam Over a year ago

That is for reading dates to a Date object, the questioner wants the opposite.

Martijn Over a year ago

@Dykam: look properly before you comment. DateJS also provides an extended toString method which gives you extensive control over the date formatting.

Dykam Over a year ago

Oh, I'm sorry then. Last time I used it I didn't spot it then. Quite a while ago.

Alex KeySmith Over a year ago

Thanks @Martijn & @Dykam for pointing that out, I've added more detail to mention a link to the formatting options.

asthasr · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12 15:20:22Z

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This small library duplicates the strftime() functionality available in other languages in JavaScript.

answered Apr 12, 2011 at 15:20

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Benjamin Oakes Over a year ago

FWIW, this is no longer maintained because it is now part of YUI. There are some IE specific bugs too. :(

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