format date in java script code example

Example 1: javascript date format

const event = new Date(Date.UTC(2012, 11, 20, 3, 0, 0));

const options = {  year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' };

console.log(event.toLocaleDateString('de-DE', options));
// expected output: Donnerstag, 20. Dezember 2012

console.log(event.toLocaleDateString('en-US', options));
// US format 


// In case you only want the month
console.log(event.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { month: 'short'}));
console.log(event.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { month: 'long'}));

Example 2: javascript date format

Modern JavaScript date utility library https://date-fns.org/
date-fns provides the most comprehensive, yet simple and consistent toolset for manipulating JavaScript dates in a browser & Node.js.