JS. Convert format date

Question

I have date in this format:

var date:

Fri May 31 2013 17:41:01 GMT+0200 (CEST)

How to convert this to: 31.05.2013

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possible duplicate, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1056728/formatting-a-date-in-javascript/1056730#1056730 — herman, Jun 25 '13 at 15:45

Mr. B. · Answer 1 · 2013-06-25T16:05:33.257

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EDIT: This answer is good if you've to handle dates and times often. Maybe it's what you're looking for. It made my work much easier. It's worth a look. If it's just about this simple task, don't load a new script.

I recomment moment.js: http://momentjs.com/

Simple coded example:

var date = new Date("Fri May 31 2013 17:41:01 GMT+0200 (CEST)");
var date_str = moment(date).format("DD.MM.YYYY");
alert(date_str);

Try it: http://jsfiddle.net/bvaLt/

edited Jun 25 '13 at 16:05

answered Jun 25 '13 at 15:48

Mr. B.

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Loading a whole library solely to get the date is totaly stupid. Unless he really wants to work a lot with the time and date he should stay away from that, performance wise. – Jeff Noel Jun 25 '13 at 15:51
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@Ghillied Of course he shouldn't load a library just for this simple task. But why should I post an answer twice? It's just another solution and maybe the right one if he didn't know momentjs yet. :-) – Mr. B. Jun 25 '13 at 16:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 15:47

function convertDate(str){
  var d = new Date(str);
  return addZero(d.getDate())+"."+addZero(d.getMonth()+1)+"."+d.getFullYear();
}

//If we have the number 9, display 09 instead
function addZero(num){
  return (num<10?"0":"")+num;
}

convertDate("Fri May 31 2013 17:41:01 GMT+0200 (CEST)");

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 15:48

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Without a formatter, go for:

('0' + date.getDate()).slice(-2) + '.' +
('0' + (date.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + '.' + 
date.getFullYear()

answered Jun 25 '13 at 15:48

nekaab

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Fabrizio Calderan · Answer 4 · 2013-06-25T15:54:37.060

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If d is a Date Object (and not a string representing the date) you may use this approach

var d = new Date();

("0" + d.getDate()).slice(-2) + "." + 
("0" + (d.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + "." + 
d.getFullYear();

otherwise, if you have a string, as a first step just pass it into the Date constructor as argument

var d = new Date("Fry May 31...");

edited Jun 25 '13 at 15:54

answered Jun 25 '13 at 15:47

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You should add 1 to the month (see my answer), otherwise we are now in May :) – nekaab Jun 25 '13 at 15:49

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