date() javascript format code example

Example 1: format date js

var options = { weekday: 'long', year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' };
var today  = new Date();

console.log(today.toLocaleDateString("en-US")); // 9/17/2016
console.log(today.toLocaleDateString("en-US", options)); // Saturday, September 17, 2016

 // For custom format use
 date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", { day: 'numeric' })+ "-"+ date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", { month: 'short' })+ "-" + date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", { year: 'numeric' }) // 16-Nov-2019

Example 2: javascript format date time

function formatDate(date) {
    var hours = date.getHours();
    var minutes = date.getMinutes();
    var ampm = hours >= 12 ? "PM" : "AM";
    hours = hours % 12;
    hours = hours ? hours : 12; // the hour "0" should be "12"
    minutes = minutes < 10 ? "0" + minutes : minutes;
    var strTime = hours + ":" + minutes + " " + ampm;
    return date.getDate() + "/" + new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en', { month: 'short' }).format(date) + "/" + date.getFullYear() + " " + strTime;
}

var d = new Date();
var e = formatDate(d);

console.log(e); // example output: 11/Feb/2021 1:23 PM