date tostring format javascript code example

Example 1: javascript date to string

// There are two flavours
const event = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);

// The Old Skool Flava
console.log(event.toString());
// expected output: Wed Jul 28 1993 14:39:07 GMT+0200 (CEST)
// (note: your timezone may vary)

// The Hipster way ;)
console.log(event.toDateString());
// expected output: Wed Jul 28 1993

Example 2: date to string format javascript

function formatDate(date) {
    var d = new Date(date),
        month = '' + (d.getMonth() + 1),
        day = '' + d.getDate(),
        year = d.getFullYear();

    if (month.length < 2) 
        month = '0' + month;
    if (day.length < 2) 
        day = '0' + day;

    return [year, month, day].join('-');
}
 
console.log(formatDate('Sun May 11,2014'));

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