javascript get time date options code example

Example 1: datetime to date javascript

var currentDate = new Date();

var date = currentDate.getDate();
var month = currentDate.getMonth(); //Be careful! January is 0 not 1
var year = currentDate.getFullYear();

var dateString = date + "-" +(month + 1) + "-" + year;

Example 2: get time in javascript

//HTML
<a onclick="timeNow(test1)" href="#">SET TIME</a>
//Javascript
function timeNow(i) {
  i.value = new Date()
}