today in javascript code example

Example 1: return current date in javascript

let today = new Date().toLocaleDateString()

console.log(today)

Example 2: today's time in javascript

var today = new Date();
var date = today.getFullYear()+'-'+(today.getMonth()+1)+'-'+today.getDate();
var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();
var dateTime = date+' '+time;

Example 3: get today's date javascript

var today = new Date();

Example 4: how to print date like 10-may-2018 in javascript

date.toString('YYYY-MM-dd'); 'Tue Feb 10 2015 15:42:50'

var date = new Date('4-1-2015');

date.getDay();// returns 3    

date.getYear();// returns 115, no of years after 1900

date.getFullYear();// returns 2015 

date.getMonth();// returns 3, starting 0 with jan 

date.getUTCDate();// returns 31

Example 5: js nwe date today

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 6: current date in javascript

const localDate = new Date();
const months = [
   "January",
   "February",
   "March",
   "April",
   "May",
   "June",
   "July",
   "August",
   "September",
   "October",
   "November",
   "December",
];

const days = [
   "Sunday",
   "Monday ",
   "Tuesday",
   "Wednesday",
   "Thursday",
   "Friday",
   "Saturday",
];
const currentDay = days[localDate.getDay()];

const currentDate = localDate.getDate();

const currentMonth = months[localDate.getMonth()];

const currentYear = localDate.getFullYear();

console.log(`${currentDay}, ${currentDate} ${currentMonth}, ${currentYear}`);