Converting a long date to UK short date format dd/mm/yyyy

Question

How can I get the long date:

Mon Mar 5 00:00:00 EST 2012

into the UK standard of (dd/mm/yyyy)

resulting in:

05/03/2012

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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How about this:

function changedateformat(input) {
  var d = new Date(input);
  return [d.getDate(), d.getMonth()+1, d.getFullYear()].join('/');
}

Also check Formatting a date in JavaScript

EDIT:-

As pointed out in comments you may add this condition to print the dates with 0.

if (month.length == 1)
    {
        month = "0" + month;
    }

    day = day + "";

    if (day.length == 1)
    {
        day = "0" + day;
    }

DEMO JSFIDDLE

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Nov 13 '13 at 18:22

Rahul Tripathi

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It looks like it works, but I need the zeros in front of the digits. Yours will works as 5/3/2012, but I need 05/03/2012 – Jason Kelly Nov 13 '13 at 18:25
@JasonKelly:- Updated my answer. Hope that works for you! :) – Rahul Tripathi Nov 13 '13 at 18:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 13 '13 at 18:25

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you can use datejs

alert(Date.parse('Mon Mar 5 00:00:00 EST 2012').toString('dd/mm/yyyy'));

answered Nov 13 '13 at 18:25

Ilya Sulimanov

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Was hoping to avoid adding on lengthy libraries – Jason Kelly Nov 13 '13 at 18:38

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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

function dateToDMY(date) {
    var d = date.getDate();
    var m = date.getMonth() + 1;
    var y = date.getFullYear();
    return ''+(d <= 9 ? '0' + d : d)+'/'+ (m<=9 ? '0' + m : m) + '/' + y;
}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Nov 13 '13 at 18:35

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didn't work mm was 00 – Jason Kelly Nov 13 '13 at 18:38
What are you talking about? Worked fine for me... http://jsfiddle.net/f9WXC/ – Villarrealized Nov 13 '13 at 20:10

Converting a long date to UK short date format dd/mm/yyyy

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