js date get today code example

Example 1: return current date in javascript

let today = new Date().toLocaleDateString()

console.log(today)

Example 2: js get current date

var today = new Date();
var dd = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
var mm = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); //January is 0!
var yyyy = today.getFullYear();

today = mm + '/' + dd + '/' + yyyy;
document.write(today);

Example 3: javascript date methods

var d= new Date();
d.getFullYear();//Get the year as a four digit number (yyyy)
d.getMonth();//Get the month as a number (0-11)
d.getDate();//Get the day as a number (1-31)
d.getHours();//Get the hour (0-23)
d.getMinutes();//Get the minute (0-59)
d.getSeconds();//Get the second (0-59)
d.getMilliseconds();//Get the millisecond (0-999)
d.getTime();//Get the time (milliseconds since January 1, 1970)

Example 4: get today's date in js

let today = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10)

console.log(today)