Convert today date in other format

Question

How in JS can I convert this:

var today = "2014-8-20";

to this:

var today = "Wed Aug 20 2014 00:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)";

Did you even try looking at existing answers? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14638018/current-time-formatting-with-javascript — Diodeus - James MacFarlane, Aug 20 '14 at 17:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 20 '14 at 17:32

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var today = "2014-8-20";
today = new Date(today).toString();
//Wed Aug 20 2014 00:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)";

But if you need anything more sophisticated I recommend moment.js

answered Aug 20 '14 at 17:32

Plato

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Hahaha, too easy! :) – ConcurrentHashMap Aug 20 '14 at 17:34
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Support for less-common formats will vary between browsers. V8/Chrome seems fine with `YYYY-M-DD`, but Firefox gives `"Invalid Date"`. – Jonathan Lonowski Aug 20 '14 at 17:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 20 '14 at 17:35

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var today = "2014-8-20"; console.log(new Date(today));

answered Aug 20 '14 at 17:35

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