js get date today code example

Example 1: return current date in javascript

let today = new Date().toLocaleDateString()

console.log(today)

Example 2: get today's date javascript

var today = new Date();

Example 3: 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 4: 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)