How can I convert a user-friendly date format to mm/dd/yy?

Asked Apr 11 '18 at 20:08

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I need to convert a date in the format [day-of-week], [month abbrev.] [date of month] to a more common format, mm/dd/yy. yy will always be the current year.

For example, Tue, Apr 17 would become 04/17/18.

My first thought was to create an array containing the abbreviated month names, and then looping that array to return the month in mm format. But is that overkill? What would be the most efficient way to handle this conversion?

asked Apr 11 '18 at 20:08

asw1984

Are you asking how to parse the input date, or how to format the result? – Barmar Apr 11 '18 at 20:10
This library will be helpful - http://www.datejs.com/ – Adam Apr 11 '18 at 20:10
You can use the moment.js library for both. – Barmar Apr 11 '18 at 20:10
Use objects instead. `const months = {"Jan": "01", "Feb": "02", `…`};`. Then, if `month` is `"Apr"`, just use `months[month]` to get `"04"`. – Sebastian Simon Apr 11 '18 at 20:10
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Most people use a library like [moment.js](https://momentjs.com) to handle date parsing and formatting. – 4castle Apr 11 '18 at 20:11
This might help- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1056728/where-can-i-find-documentation-on-formatting-a-date-in-javascript – manishk Apr 11 '18 at 20:20

How can I convert a user-friendly date format to mm/dd/yy?

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