javascript timestamp format code example

Example 1: javascript get timestamp

var currentTimeInSeconds=Math.floor(Date.now()/1000); //unix timestamp in seconds
var currentTimeInMilliseconds=Date.now(); // unix timestamp in milliseconds

Example 2: 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 3: time stamp to date js

var myDate = new Date("Jul 21, 2013");
var date = myDate.getDate();
var month = myDate.getMonth();
var year = myDate.getFullYear();

function pad(n) {
	return n<10 ? '0'+n : n
}

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