How the date can be formatted in JavaScript?

Question

There is simpleDateFormat available in java,similarly is there any way to format the date in JavaScript

What is the best equivalent way to perform date formats in JavaScript.

try http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/ – rashidnk Apr 27 '16 at 03:19 — rashidnk, Apr 27 '16 at 03:19
Why not try to do it yourself? that's always fun. – Sam Orozco Apr 27 '16 at 03:55 — Sam Orozco, Apr 27 '16 at 03:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 27 '16 at 04:54

I think In javascript we don't have straight forward functions to get dateformats, to get the exact format you need to call differnt functions on Date object(in javascript).

but in jqueryUI we have formatDate().

var d = new Date(2016, 0, 30) // 30 Jan 2016

alert( formatDate(d) ) // '30.01.16'

How the date can be formatted in JavaScript?

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