get a date in javascript code example

Example 1: get date javascript

getDate() in javascript only returns the day as number (1-31)

Example
var d = new Date();
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = d.getDate();

Output:
22

Method	            Description
getFullYear()	    Get the year as a four digit number (yyyy)
getMonth()	        Get the month as a number (0-11)
getDate()	        Get the day as a number (1-31)
getHours()	        Get the hour (0-23)
getMinutes()	    Get the minute (0-59)
getSeconds()	    Get the second (0-59)
getMilliseconds()	Get the millisecond (0-999)
getTime()	        Get the time (milliseconds since January 1, 1970)
getDay()	        Get the weekday as a number (0-6)
Date.now()	        Get the time. ECMAScript 5.

Example 2: javascript get date

let date = new Date(); //actual time in miliseconds
let string = date.toString();
// expected output: Wed Jul 28 1993 14:39:07 GMT+0200 (CEST)
// if you need more power: date-fns.js or moment.js