current date and time javascript code code example

Example 1: return current date in javascript

let today = new Date().toLocaleDateString()

console.log(today)

Example 2: how to get today date in javascript

var today = new Date();
var dd = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
var mm = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); //January is 0!
var yyyy = today.getFullYear();

today = mm + '/' + dd + '/' + yyyy;
document.write(today);