format date javascript datetime code example

Example 1: 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

Example 2: how to format datetime in javascript

const d = new Date.now;
const ye = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en', { year: 'numeric' }).format(d);
const mo = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en', { month: 'short' }).format(d);
const da = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en', { day: '2-digit' }).format(d);
console.log(`${da}-${mo}-${ye}`);