Formatting the date?

Question

i have a field where you have to enter the date but i also have a script on that field which automatically inserts the current date. The problem i have is that the date is formatted like M/DD/YYYY 00:00:00 AM/PM but i just wanted it to be like DD/MM/YY.

Here is my current code by the way :

<b>Date of Registration:</b> <input type="text" id="txtregodate" name="regodate">

<script type="text/javascript">
var now = new Date ();
document.getElementById('txtregodate').value = now.toLocaleString();
</script>

Is there a way to format that function i'm using in that way?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 12 '13 at 08:29

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There is a great library for this stuff: http://momentjs.com/

answered Apr 12 '13 at 08:29

Bas Slagter

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '13 at 08:37

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Try this... this will give DD/MM/YY format date

var now = new Date ();
document.getElementById('txtregodate').value = now.getDate() + '/' + (now.getMonth() + 1)+ '/' + (now.getYear()%100);

answered Apr 12 '13 at 08:37

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 12 '13 at 08:38

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(It's all about utilising the Date methods (getDate, getMonth, getYear, getFullYear) and concatenating them as strings. That's basically it.

var now = new Date();
document.getElementById('txtregodate').value = now.getDate()+'/'+(now.getMonth()+1)+'/'+(now.getFullYear()%100);

You can get this info from here

answered Apr 12 '13 at 08:38

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For some reason that comes up with the wrong month? – bigsenator Apr 12 '13 at 08:41
Fixed it, but the other guy got there. – marksyzm Apr 12 '13 at 08:42

Formatting the date?

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