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How do I get a date in YYYY-MM-DD format?

Normally if I wanted to get the date I could just do something like
var d = new Date();
console.log(d);
The problem with doing that, is when I run that code, it returns:
Mon Aug 24 2015 4:20:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
How could I get the Date() method to return a value in a "MM-DD-YYYY" format so it would return something like:
8/24/2015
Or, maybe MM-DD-YYYY H:M
8/24/2016 4:20

Just use the built-in .toISOString() method like so: toISOString().split('T')[0]. Simple, clean and all in a single line.
var date = (new Date()).toISOString().split('T')[0];
document.getElementById('date').innerHTML = date;
<div id="date"></div>
Please note that the timezone of the formatted string is UTC rather than local time.

The below code is a way of doing it. If you have a date, pass it to the convertDate() function and it will return a string in the YYYY-MM-DD format:
var todaysDate = new Date();
function convertDate(date) {
var yyyy = date.getFullYear().toString();
var mm = (date.getMonth()+1).toString();
var dd = date.getDate().toString();
var mmChars = mm.split('');
var ddChars = dd.split('');
return yyyy + '-' + (mmChars[1]?mm:"0"+mmChars[0]) + '-' + (ddChars[1]?dd:"0"+ddChars[0]);
}
console.log(convertDate(todaysDate)); // Returns: 2015-08-25

Yet another way:
var today = new Date().getFullYear()+'-'+("0"+(new Date().getMonth()+1)).slice(-2)+'-'+("0"+new Date().getDate()).slice(-2)
document.getElementById("today").innerHTML = today
<div id="today">

By using Moment.js library, you can do:
var datetime = new Date("2015-09-17 15:00:00");
datetime = moment(datetime).format("YYYY-MM-DD");

var today = new Date();
function formatDate(date) {
var dd = date.getDate();
var mm = date.getMonth() + 1; //January is 0!
var yyyy = date.getFullYear();
if (dd < 10) {
dd = '0' + dd;
}
if (mm < 10) {
mm = '0' + mm;
}
//return dd + '/' + mm + '/' + yyyy;
return yyyy + '/' + mm + '/' +dd ;
}
console.log(formatDate(today));

function formatdate(userDate){
var omar= new Date(userDate);
y = omar.getFullYear().toString();
m = omar.getMonth().toString();
d = omar.getDate().toString();
omar=y+m+d;
return omar;
}
console.log(formatDate("12/31/2014"));

What you want to achieve can be accomplished with native JavaScript. The object Date has methods that generate exactly the output you wish.
Here are code examples:
var d = new Date();
console.log(d);
>>> Sun Jan 28 2018 08:28:04 GMT+0000 (GMT)
console.log(d.toLocaleDateString());
>>> 1/28/2018
console.log(d.toLocaleString());
>>> 1/28/2018, 8:28:04 AM
There is really no need to reinvent the wheel.

If you are trying to get the 'local-ISO' date string. Try the code below.
function (date) {
return new Date(+date - date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000).toISOString().split(/[TZ]/).slice(0, 2).join(' ');
}
+date Get milliseconds from a date.
Ref: Date.prototype.getTimezoneOffset
Have fun with it :)

Here is a simple function I created when once I kept working on a project where I constantly needed to get today, yesterday, and tomorrow's date in this format.
function returnYYYYMMDD(numFromToday = 0){
let d = new Date();
d.setDate(d.getDate() + numFromToday);
const month = d.getMonth() < 9 ? '0' + (d.getMonth() + 1) : d.getMonth() + 1;
const day = d.getDate() < 10 ? '0' + d.getDate() : d.getDate();
return `${d.getFullYear()}-${month}-${day}`;
}
console.log(returnYYYYMMDD(-1)); // returns yesterday
console.log(returnYYYYMMDD()); // returns today
console.log(returnYYYYMMDD(1)); // returns tomorrow
Can easily be modified to pass it a date instead, but here you pass a number and it will return that many days from today.

If you're not opposed to adding a small library, Date-Mirror (NPM or unpkg) allows you to format an existing date in YYYY-MM-DD into whatever date string format you'd like.
date('n/j/Y', '2020-02-07') // 2/7/2020
date('n/j/Y g:iA', '2020-02-07 4:45PM') // 2/7/2020 4:45PM
date('n/j [until] n/j', '2020-02-07', '2020-02-08') // 2/7 until 2/8
Disclaimer: I developed Date-Mirror.

This will convert a unix timestamp to local date (+ time)
function UnixTimeToLocalDate = function( unix_epoch_time )
{
var date,
str;
date = new Date( unix_epoch_time * 1000 );
str = date.getFullYear() + '-' +
(date.getMonth() + 1 + '').padStart( 2, '0' ) + '-' +
(date.getDate() + '').padStart( 2, '0' );
// If you need hh:mm:ss too then
str += ' ' +
(date.getHours() + '').padStart( 2, '0' ) + ':' +
(date.getMinutes() + '').padStart( 2, '0' ) + ':' +
(date.getSeconds() + '').padStart( 2, '0' );
return str;
}

If you want a text format that's good for sorting use:
function formatDateYYYYMMDDHHMMSS(date){
// YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
const datePart = date.toISOString().split("T")[0]
const timePart = date.toLocaleString('en-US', {hour12: false}).split(",")[1]
return datePart + timePart
}
As prototype:
Date.prototype.toSortString = function(){
const date = new Date(this.valueOf());
return date.toISOString().split("T")[0] +
date.toLocaleString('en-US', {hour12: false}).split(",")[1]
}

Simple one line elegant solution for fullYear-fullMonth-FullDay as '2000-01-01'
new Date().toLocaleDateString("fr-CA",
{year:"numeric", month: "2-digit", day:"2-digit"}
)

const padTo2Digits = num => {
return num.toString().padStart(2, '0')
}
const formatDate = date => {
return [
date.getFullYear(),
padTo2Digits(date.getMonth() + 1),
padTo2Digits(date.getDate())
].join('-')
}
let value = formatDate(new Date())
document.getElementById('dayFormatUS').innerHTML = value
const transformDate = date => {
const convert = date.split('-').reverse()
return convert.join('/')
}
document.getElementById('dayFormatBR').innerHTML = transformDate(value)
<div>
Format US -
<span id='dayFormatUS'></span>
</div>
<div>
Format BR -
<span id='dayFormatBR'></span>
</div>

Splitting a date using javascript

I am trying to split a date using the following piece of JavaScript
var dSplit = getDate.split("/");
var newDate = dSplit[2] + "-" + dSplit[0] + "-" + dSplit[1];
I get the following output
2014 12:00:00 AM-11-25
The output i require is
2014-11-25 12:00:00 AM
Please Help.

One possible approach:
var getDate = '11/25/2014 12:00:00 AM';
var newDate = getDate.replace(/^\S+/, function(date) {
var d = date.split('/');
return d[2] + '-' + d[0] + '-' + d[1];
});
// 2014-11-25 12:00:00 AM
This approach allows to process both datetime strings (similar to '11/25/2014 12:00:00 AM', like in your answer) and date strings (like '11/25/2014'). The key here is processing only first sequence of non-whitespace characters in the string.

You may format the date to string as you want, using the next function:
function formatDate(date) {
var ans = date.getFullYear();
ans += "-" + (date.getMonth()+1);
ans += "-" + date.getDay();
ans += " " + date.getHours();
ans += ":" + date.getMinutes();
document.write (ans);
}
This way, even if the user's browser converts date to string on different order (longer format etc.) you have full control on the output string.

This may be helpfull,pass$val alone in function
var dateString=$val.split(" ");
var dateformat=dateString[0].split("-");
var dateVal= dateformat[0] + "/" + dateformat[1] + "/" + dateformat[2];
$.date = function(dateObject) {
var d = new Date(dateObject);
var day = d.getDate();
var month = d.getMonth() + 1;
var year = d.getFullYear();
if (day < 10) {
day = "0" + day;
}
if (month < 10) {
month = "0" + month;
}
var date = year + "-" + month + "-" + day;
return date;
};

Convert a string (in date format) to datetime using Javascript

In BIRT, i have a column containing a datetime stored as a string. I need to convert these string to datetime format and put the result in another column using Javascript.
The string is the form of: for example: Fri 21 Feb 2014, 09:40 AM.
Hence this when converted to a datetime format and exported to excel, the column should be treat as a date.
Can any one of you help me to do it?
Cheers,

Other answers do not take into consideration this question is in a BIRT context.
Create a computed column in your dataset, with "Date time" as datatype
Enter as expression:
new Date(row["myDateStringField"]);
Where "myDateStringField" is your DateTime column in a String format. Then use this computed column in your report instead of the String column.
That's it!

Checkout momentjs!
You can parse your time of any format like
moment("12-25-1995", "MM-DD-YYYY");
In your case, you don't even have to specify the format. It automatically recognizes it.
And you can output ISO format or convert it to a Javascript Date object.

This is extremely easy to do with javascript. The following code will make a date in a format that Excel will recognize as a date.
http://jsfiddle.net/bbankes/d7SwQ/
var dateString = 'Fri 21 Feb 2014, 09:40 AM';
var date = new Date(dateString);
var yr = date.getFullYear();
var mo = date.getMonth() + 1;
var day = date.getDate();
var hours = date.getHours();
var hr = hours < 10 ? '0' + hours : hours;
var minutes = date.getMinutes();
var min = (minutes < 10) ? '0' + minutes : minutes;
var seconds = date.getSeconds();
var sec = (seconds < 10) ? '0' + seconds : seconds;
var newDateString = yr + '-' + mo + '-' + day;
var newTimeString = hr + ':' + min + ':' + sec;
var excelDateString = newDateString + ' ' + newTimeString;

If you just want to reformat 'Fri 21 Feb 2014, 09:04 AM' as '2014-02-21 09:04', then the following will do:
function stringToTimestamp(s) {
var t = s.match(/[\d\w]+/g);
var months = {jan:'01',feb:'02',mar:'03',apr:'04',may:'05',jun:'06',
jul:'07',aug:'08',sep:'09',oct:'10',nov:'11',dec:'12'};
function pad(n){return (n<10?'0':'') + +n;}
var hrs = t[4] % 12;
hrs += /pm$/i.test(t[6])? 12 : 0;
return t[3] + '-' + months[t[2].toLowerCase()] + '-' + pad(t[1]) + ' ' +
pad(hrs) + ':' + pad(t[5]);
}
console.log(stringToTimestamp('Fri 21 Feb 2014, 09:04 AM')); // 2014-02-21 09:04

use the ISO format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS or YYYY-MM-DD
new Date('2011-04-11T11:51:00');
or
new Date('2011-04-11');

How can I format a json date in dd/mm/yy format in javascript?

I have a json date like \/Date(1334514600000)\/ in my response and when I convert it in javascript then I got this date Tue Apr 17 2012 11:37:10 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time),
but I need the date format like 17/04/2012 and I fail every time. Can anyone tell me how can I resolve it?

I don't think that the other posted answers are quite right, you have already accepted one as working for you so I won't edit it.
Here is an updated version of your accepted answer.
var dateString = "\/Date(1334514600000)\/".substr(6);
var currentTime = new Date(parseInt(dateString ));
var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1;
var day = currentTime.getDate();
var year = currentTime.getFullYear();
var date = day + "/" + month + "/" + year;
alert(date);
It uses a technique from this answer to extract the epoch from the JSON date.

I found very helpful the row1 answer, however i got stuck on the format for input type="date" as only returns one string for decimals under 10, I was able to modify to work on input type="date", I basically adapted the code from row1 to the code from the link http://venkatbaggu.com/convert-json-date-to-date-format-in-jquery/
I was able through jquery .val add the date to the input
var dateString = "\/Date(1334514600000)\/".substr(6);
var currentTime = new Date(parseInt(dateString));
var month = ("0" + (currentTime.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2);
var day = ("0" + currentTime.getDate()).slice(-2);
var year = currentTime.getFullYear();
var date = year + '-' + month + '-' + day;
alert(date);

var currentTime = new Date()
var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1
var day = currentTime.getDate()
var year = currentTime.getFullYear()
var date = day + "/" + month + "/" + year
alert(date);

It's answer to your question...
Build the date object with your timestamp
var currentTime = new Date(1334514600000)
var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1
var day = currentTime.getDate()
var year = currentTime.getFullYear()
var date = day + "/" + month + "/" + year
alert(date);​
it works
http://jsfiddle.net/ChgUa/

//parse JSON formatted date to javascript date object
var bdate = new Date(parseInt(emp.Birthdate.substr(6)));
//format display date (e.g. 04/10/2012)
var displayDate = $.datepicker.formatDate("mm/dd/yy", bdate);

Easiest way of formatting date is by using pipes if you are using Angular.
Click here
//in .ts file
ngOnInit() {
this.currentDate = new Date()
}
//in html file
<p>Current date is:</p>{{currentDate | date: 'dd/MM/yyyy'}}
//Output: 22/04/2020

Here is an updated version of your accepted answer. DD/MM/YYYY Format Get Try This..
var dateString = "/Date(1623781800000+0530)/"+.substr(6);
var currentTime = new Date(parseInt(dateString));
var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1;
var day = currentTime.getDate();
var year = currentTime.getFullYear();
if (month.toString().length == 1)
month = "0" + month.toString();
if (day.toString().length == 1){
day = "0" + currentTime.getDate();}
var datenew = day + "/" + month + "/" + year;

var Date = new Date(Tue Jun 15 2021 23:52:47 GMT+0800 (Malaysia Time)).toDateString(); console.log(Date);
Result == Tue Jun 15 2021

Add days to date using Javascript

I am trying to add days to a given date using Javascript. I have the following code:
function onChange(e) {
var datepicker = $("#DatePicker").val();
alert(datepicker);
var joindate = new Date(datepicker);
alert(joindate);
var numberOfDaysToAdd = 1;
joindate.setDate(joindate + numberOfDaysToAdd);
var dd = joindate.getDate();
var mm = joindate.getMonth() + 1;
var y = joindate.getFullYear();
var joinFormattedDate = dd + '/' + mm + '/' + y;
$('.new').val(joinFormattedDate);
}
On first alert I get the date 24/06/2011 but on second alert I get Thu Dec 06 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0500 (Pakistan Standard Time) which is wrong I want it to remain 24/06/2011 so that I can add days to it. In my code I want my final output to be 25/06/2011.
Fiddle is # http://jsfiddle.net/tassadaque/rEe4v/

Date('string') will attempt to parse the string as m/d/yyyy. The string 24/06/2011 thus becomes Dec 6, 2012. Reason: 24 is treated as a month... 1 => January 2011, 13 => January 2012 hence 24 => December 2012. I hope you understand what I mean. So:
var dmy = "24/06/2011".split("/"); // "24/06/2011" should be pulled from $("#DatePicker").val() instead
var joindate = new Date(
parseInt(dmy[2], 10),
parseInt(dmy[1], 10) - 1,
parseInt(dmy[0], 10)
);
alert(joindate); // Fri Jun 24 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0500 (West Asia Standard Time)
joindate.setDate(joindate.getDate() + 1); // substitute 1 with actual number of days to add
alert(joindate); // Sat Jun 25 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0500 (West Asia Standard Time)
alert(
("0" + joindate.getDate()).slice(-2) + "/" +
("0" + (joindate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + "/" +
joindate.getFullYear()
);
Demo here

I would like to encourage you to use DateJS library. It is really awesome!
function onChange(e) {
var date = Date.parse($("#DatePicker").val()); //You might want to tweak this to as per your needs.
var new_date = date.add(n).days();
$('.new').val(new_date.toString('M/d/yyyy'); //You might want to tweak this as per your needs as well.
}

Assuming numberOfDaysToAdd is a number:
joindate.setDate(joindate.getDate() + numberOfDaysToAdd);

The first alert is the value of the field. the second is the generated date from a non-US formatted date.
Here is a working example (seems that this kind of markup is necessary to get noticed)
If you want to keep your code, then you need to change
var joindate = new Date(datepicker);
to
var parms = datepicker.split("/");
then use
var joindate = new Date(parms[1]+"/"+parms[0]+"/"+parms[2]);
OR the identically working
var joindate = new Date(parms[2],parms[1]-1,parms[0]);
As pointed out in a few other answers too, use the .getDate()
joindate.setDate(joindate.getDate() + numberOfDaysToAdd);
Lastly you want to add a 0 if the month is < 10
if (mm<10) mm="0"+mm;
If you are using the datepicker from jQuery UI, then you can do
$('.new').val($("#DatePicker").datepicker( "setDate" , +1 ).val());
instead of your function
http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/#method-setDate
Sets the current date for the
datepicker. The new date may be a Date
object or a string in the current date
format (e.g. '01/26/2009'), a number
of days from today (e.g. +7) or a
string of values and periods ('y' for
years, 'm' for months, 'w' for weeks,
'd' for days, e.g. '+1m +7d'), or null
to clear the selected date.

Try
function onChange(e) {
var datepicker = $("#DatePicker").val();
alert(datepicker);
var parts = datepicker.split(/[^\d]/);
var joindate = new Date();
joindate.setFullYear(parts[2], parts[1]-1, parts[0]);
alert(joindate);
var numberOfDaysToAdd = 1;
joindate.setDate(joindate + numberOfDaysToAdd);
var dd = joindate.getDate();
var mm = joindate.getMonth() + 1;
var y = joindate.getFullYear();
var joinFormattedDate = dd + '/' + mm + '/' + y;
$('.new').val(joinFormattedDate);
}
I suppose the problem is JavaScript expects format MM/DD/YYYY not DD/MM/YYYY when passed into Date constructor.

To answer your real problem, I think your issue is that you're trying to parse the text-value of the DatePicker, when that's not in the right format for your locale.
Instead of .val(), use:
var joindate = $('#DatePicker').datepicker("getDate");
to get the underyling Date() object representing the selected date directly from jQuery.
This guarantees that the date object is correct regardless of the date format specified in the DatePicker or the current locale.
Then use:
joindate.setDate(joindate.getDate() + numberOfDaysToAdd);
to move it on.

Is it a typo round joindate.setDate(joindate + numberOfDaysToAdd)?
I tried this code, it seems ok to me
var joindate = new Date(2010, 5, 24);
alert(joindate);
var numberOfDaysToAdd = 1;
joindate.setDate(joindate.getDate() + numberOfDaysToAdd);
var dd = joindate.getDate();
var mm = joindate.getMonth() + 1;
var y = joindate.getFullYear();
var joinFormattedDate = dd + '/' + mm + '/' + y;
alert(joinFormattedDate);

Date.prototype.addDays = function(days) {
this.setDate(this.getDate() + days);
return this;
};
and in your javascript code you could call
var currentDate = new Date();
// to add 8 days to current date
currentDate.addDays(8);

function onChange(e) {
var datepicker = $("#DatePicker").val().split("/");
var joindate = new Date();
var numberOfDaysToAdd = 1;
joindate.setFullYear(parseInt(datepicker[2]), parseInt(datepicker[1])-1, parseInt(datepicker[0])+numberOfDaysToAdd);
$('.new').val(joindate);
}
http://jsfiddle.net/roberkules/k4GM5/

try this.
Date.prototype.addDay = function(numberOfDaysToAdd){
this.setTime(this.getTime() + (numberOfDaysToAdd * 86400000));
};
function onChange(e) {
var date = new Date(Date.parse($("#DatePicker").val()));
date.addDay(1);
var dd = date.getDate();
var mm = date.getMonth() + 1;
var y = date.getFullYear();
var joinFormattedDate = dd + '/' + mm + '/' + y;
$('.new').val(joinFormattedDate);
}