how to format date in moment.js code example

Example 1: moment format date

moment.locale();         // en
moment().format('LT');   // 12:25 PM
moment().format('LTS');  // 12:25:27 PM
moment().format('L');    // 03/26/2021
moment().format('l');    // 3/26/2021
moment().format('LL');   // March 26, 2021
moment().format('ll');   // Mar 26, 2021
moment().format('LLL');  // March 26, 2021 12:25 PM
moment().format('lll');  // Mar 26, 2021 12:25 PM
moment().format('LLLL'); // Friday, March 26, 2021 12:25 PM
moment().format('llll'); // Fri, Mar 26, 2021 12:25 PM

Example 2: moment format date

moment().format();                                // "2019-08-12T17:52:17-05:00" (ISO 8601, no fractional seconds)
moment().format("dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a"); // "Monday, August 12th 2019, 5:52:00 pm"
moment().format("ddd, hA");                       // "Mon, 5PM"

Example 3: date format in moment js

moment().format('MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a'); // April 14th 2021, 5:38:08 pm
moment().format('dddd');                    // Wednesday
moment().format("MMM Do YY");               // Apr 14th 21
moment().format('YYYY [escaped] YYYY');     // 2021 escaped 2021
moment().format();                          // 2021-04-14T17:38:08+06:00

Example 4: moment.js format

moment().format('MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a'); // December 4th 2020, 1:04:29 pm
moment().format('dddd');                    // Friday
moment().format("MMM Do YY");               // Dec 4th 20
moment().format('YYYY [escaped] YYYY');     // 2020 escaped 2020
moment().format();                          // 2020-12-04T13:04:29-05:00