javascript date format date to string yyyymmdd 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: javascript date to string format dd mmm yyyy

Date.prototype.toShortFormat = function() {

    let monthNames =["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr",
                      "May","Jun","Jul","Aug",
                      "Sep", "Oct","Nov","Dec"];
    
    let day = this.getDate();
    
    let monthIndex = this.getMonth();
    let monthName = monthNames[monthIndex];
    
    let year = this.getFullYear();
    
    return `${day}-${monthName}-${year}`;  
}

// Now any Date object can be declared 
let anyDate = new Date(1528578000000);

// and it can represent itself in the custom format defined above.
console.log(anyDate.toShortFormat());