js get date only code example

Example 1: get only date from datetime 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: js get date day month year

var dateObj = new Date();
var month = dateObj.getUTCMonth() + 1; //months from 1-12
var day = dateObj.getUTCDate();
var year = dateObj.getUTCFullYear();

newdate = year + "/" + month + "/" + day;

Example 3: 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 4: display date in javascript

<button onclick="displayDate()">The time is?</button>

<script>
function displayDate() {
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = Date();
}
</script>