Does Javascript not have built in support for formatting date objects?

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Does Javascript not have any built in support for formatting dates? I have a date object, and I want to format it to a format of my choice e.g. the date that I want to convert is '2017-12-22'. Is there not any function that I could use

something like var newFormattedDate = new Date('2017-12-22', 'mm/dd/yyyy')

so that the output is 22/12/2017

First, No. JS does not have one. You can look into `localeDateString` or `DateString` functions but they have compatibility issues and are not consistent with format. Second, HOW in the world are you expecting format as `22/12/2017` when you pass format as `mm/dd/yyyy`? — Rajesh, Dec 22 '17 at 05:55
@Rajesh Here's a link to how I expect to pass format as dd/mm/yy as opposed to mm/dd/yy: https://gist.github.com/mlconnor/1887156 . Thanks for the info though — Rafey Hijazy, May 15 '18 at 06:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '17 at 05:55

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Javascript doesn't have support to give format to date. You can use moment.js.

Alternatively, you can use string#replace.

console.log('2017-12-22'.replace(/(....)-(..)-(..)/g,'$3/$2/$1'));

answered Dec 22 '17 at 05:55

Aarif Aslam

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You are restricting your date string to have only 1 separator. – Rajesh Dec 22 '17 at 05:58
Or there is `'2017-12-22'.split(/\D/).reverse().join('/')`. ;-) – RobG Dec 23 '17 at 04:20

Does Javascript not have built in support for formatting date objects?

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