moment get now time code example

Example 1: format a date moment

moment(testDate).format('MM/DD/YYYY');

Example 2: moment js get french time 20:00:00

moment().format();                                // "2014-09-08T08:02:17-05:00" (ISO 8601, no fractional seconds)
moment().format("dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a"); // "Sunday, February 14th 2010, 3:25:50 pm"
moment().format("ddd, hA");                       // "Sun, 3PM"
moment('gibberish').format('YYYY MM DD');         // "Invalid date"

Example 3: how to get current time using moment

var startDate = moment().subtract(1, 'days'); //one day before the current time

Example 4: moment.js get time from now

moment("20111031", "YYYYMMDD").fromNow(); // 10 years ago
moment("20120620", "YYYYMMDD").fromNow(); // 9 years ago
moment().startOf('day').fromNow();        // 15 hours ago
moment().endOf('day').fromNow();          // in 9 hours
moment().startOf('hour').fromNow();       // an hour ago