Convert PHP date into javascript date format

It is pretty simple.

PHP code:

$formatted_date = $newticket['DateCreated'] =  date('Y/m/d H:i:s');

Javascript code:

var javascript_date = new Date("<?php echo $formatted_date; ?>");

Javascript Date class supports ISO 8601 date format so I would recommend:

<?php 
      date('c', $yourDateTime); 
      // or for objects
      $dateTimeObject->format('c');
?>

documentation says that: format character 'c' is ISO 8601 date (added in PHP 5)
example: 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00

for more information: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

You should probably just use a timestamp

$newticket['DateCreated'] = strtotime('now');

Then convert it to a Javascript date

// make sure to convert from unix timestamp
var now = new Date(dateFromPHP * 1000);

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