Javascript date formatting

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I've tried my level best but couldn't get the result. What I need is the date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Here is my current code:

function AddDays(days) {

            var thisDate = new Date();
            thisDate.setDate(thisDate.getDate() + days);
            var dd = ( thisDate.getFullYear() + '-' + (thisDate.getMonth() + 1) + '-' + thisDate.getDate() );
            return dd;

        }

        alert(AddDays(365));

I'm getting "2014-8-7" as result but I want to get it as YYYY-MM-DD. I need it to look like "2014-08-07".

Duplicate of many similar questions. See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17996874/leading-0-missing-from-data-and-time — Denys Séguret, Aug 07 '13 at 06:49
@Eugene, that's a jQuery question, though. This one is about JavaScript. — Joey, Aug 07 '13 at 06:49
There has already been a question on this:- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3066586/get-string-in-yyyymmdd-format-from-js-date-object — abhinsit, Aug 07 '13 at 06:51
You need a zerofill function: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1267338/358906 — Nabil Kadimi, Aug 07 '13 at 06:52
@dystroy i checked every question and then posted this. this is unique one and i need users help, not irrelevant report from everyone here. — Mohamed Fawaskhan, Aug 07 '13 at 06:53
@MohamedFawaskhan no, this is exactly the same than the question I linked to, where there are answers explaining how to add the leading 0. — Denys Séguret, Aug 07 '13 at 06:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 07 '13 at 06:55

You need to check if the date or month is under 10, if it is, add "0" before the date/month:

function AddDays(days) {

        var dateObject = new Date();
        dateObject.setDate(new Date().getDate() + days);
        var year = dateObject.getFullYear();
        var month = dateObject.getMonth()+1 < 10 ? "0" + (dateObject.getMonth()+1) : dateObject.getMonth()+1;
        var date = dateObject.getDate() < 10 ? "0" + dateObject.getDate() : dateObject.getDate();
        return year + "-" + month + "-" + date;

}

alert(AddDays(365));

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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var today = new Date();
console.log(today.getFullYear()+'-'+((today.getMonth()+1>9)?today.getMonth():'0'+(today.getMonth()+1))+'-'+(today.getDate()<10?'0'+today.getDate():today.getDate()));

Fiddle for this:- http://jsfiddle.net/Ge4cw/

It has also been previously asked:-

Get String in YYYYMMDD format from JS date object?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Aug 07 '13 at 07:00

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '13 at 06:50

function AddDays(days) {

            var thisDate = new Date();
            thisDate.setDate(thisDate.getDate() + days);
            return thisDate;

        }

alert(getReadableDate(AddDays(365)));


function getReadableDate(date) {
        return [date.getFullYear(), fillZeroes(date.getMonth() + 1), fillZeroes(date.getDate())].join('-');

        function fillZeroes(text) {
            return (new Array(2 - (text || '').toString().length + 1)).join('0') + (text || '');
        }
    }

You make it much more complex than necessary. – Denys Séguret Aug 07 '13 at 06:50 — Denys Séguret, Aug 07 '13 at 06:50

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 07 '13 at 06:51

I faced that problem once. My solution was to pass by a function who add zero if necessary:

function addZero(date)
{
    if (date < 10)
       return "0"+date;
   return date;
}

or smaller :

function addZero(date)
{
    return (date < 10)? "0"+date : date;
}

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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Where can I find documentation on formatting a date in JavaScript?

I think this answer should help you.

thisDate.getMonth() and thisDate.getDate() return an integer, which may have only one digit. You should transform it to string to add the "0":

Example

var m = thisDate.getMonth()+1; // One digit month
m = '' + (m<=9 ? '0' + m : m); // Two digit month

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answered Aug 07 '13 at 06:54

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 03 '13 at 17:58

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This works everytime:

var now = new Date();
var day = ("0" + now.getDate()).slice(-2);
var month = ("0" + (now.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2);
var today = now.getFullYear() + "-" + (month) + "-" + (day);
alert(today);

answered Nov 03 '13 at 17:58

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Notepad · Answer 7 · 2013-08-07T06:58:10.963

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you need this:

function AddDays(days) {

            var thisDate = new Date();
            thisDate.setDate(thisDate.getDate() + days);
            var dd = ( thisDate.getFullYear() + '-' + ("0"+ (thisDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + '-' + ( "0" + thisDate.getDate()).slice(-2) );
            return dd.toString('yyyy-MM-DD');;
        }
        alert(AddDays(365));

http://jsfiddle.net/w9fxr/1/

check again my dear friend it will handle all month single and double digit all

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answered Aug 07 '13 at 06:52

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You'll get 2013-012-06 with this. – Yabada Aug 07 '13 at 06:53

score -1 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 07 '13 at 06:52

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Just for an Idea, Explained clearly

http://blog.justin.kelly.org.au/simple-javascript-function-to-format-the-date-as-yyyy-mm-dd/

answered Aug 07 '13 at 06:52

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score -1 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 07 '13 at 06:54

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Try this:

var thisDate = new Date();

alert(thisDate.getFullYear() + '-' + ("0" + (thisDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + '-' + ("0" + (thisDate.getDate() + 1)).slice(-2));

Fiddle

answered Aug 07 '13 at 06:54

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