let today = new Date().toLocaleDateString();
//or function
function getDate()
{
let today = new Date();
let dd = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
let mm = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); //janvier = 0
let yyyy = today.getFullYear();
return `${yyyy}-${mm}-${dd}`;
//return dd + '/' + mm + '/' + yyyy; // change form if you need
}
let mdy = ['month', 'date', 'year'];
let hms = ['hour', 'minute', 'second'];
mdy = new Date().toLocaleDateString("en-US").split("/");
hms = new Date().toLocaleTimeString("en-US").split(/:| /);
console.log(mdy,hms);
var d = new Date();
//1628202691394 miliseconds passed since 1970
Number(d)
Date("2017-06-23"); // date declaration
Date("2017"); // is set to Jan 01
Date("2017-06-23T12:00:00-09:45"); // date - time YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ
Date("June 23 2017"); // long date format
Date("Jun 23 2017 07:45:00 GMT+0100 (Tokyo Time)"); // time zone
var d= new Date(); // generate today's DATE
console.log (d);
var s= new Date ("2020-09-15"); // generate the specific DATE:spetember 9 2020
var y=new Date().getFullYear(); // generate the year of specific DATE
var m=new Date().getMonth(); // generate the month of specific DATE
var d=new Date().getDay(); // generate the day of specific DATE
var D=new Date().getDate(); // generate the specific DATE
var today = new Date();
var year = today.getFullYear();
var element = document.getElementById('main');
element.innerHTML = `<p>Today's date is ${today}</p>`;
const today = new Date()
const birthday = new Date('December 17, 1995 03:24:00') // DISCOURAGED: may not work in all runtimes
const birthday2 = new Date('1995-12-17T03:24:00') // This is ISO8601-compliant and will work reliably
const birthday3 = new Date(1995, 11, 17) // the month is 0-indexed
const birthday4 = new Date(1995, 11, 17, 3, 24, 0)
const birthday5 = new Date(628021800000) // passing epoch timestamp
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<html>
<head>
<title>How to get current date in JavaScript?</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
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<b>How to get current date in JavaScript?</b>
<p> Current Date is: <span class="output"></span></p>
<button onclick="getCurrentDate()">Get current Date</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getCurrentDate() {
let date = new Date().toDateString();
document.querySelector('.output').textContent = date;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>