Javascript reformat date string

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I have this date fromat:

Mon Feb 02 2015 05:18:44 GMT+0000 (UTC)

How can I reformat it to something more friendlier such as 2/2/2015 I am using javascript.

I tried using .format and dateFormat but they both return undefined value.

How can I do this? I don't want to use any regex please.

Refer this. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12409299/how-to-get-current-formatted-date-dd-mm-yyyy-in-javascript-and-append-it-to-an-i — Saravana Kumar, Feb 02 '15 at 06:03
Refer this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7245176/reformatting-date-string — Arunprasanth K V, Feb 02 '15 at 06:06
use this. var date = new Date('Mon Feb 02 2015 05:18:44 GMT+0000 (UTC)') to convert string to date — Saravana Kumar, Feb 02 '15 at 06:07
I've answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28038634/how-to-change-date-format-in-javascript/28038828#28038828 — rony36, Feb 02 '15 at 06:10

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:04

If you want the simplest way just concat all of the separate parts

var output = dt.getMonth( ) + 1 +'/'+ dt.getDate( ) + '/' +dt.getFullYear( );

There are a few libraries that will handle more advanced stuff if you need it, but that is the lightest way I can think of doing what you are asking.

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:08

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Use this awesome library. Moment JS

For your case it would be some thing link

var dateString = 'Mon Feb 02 2015 05:18:44 GMT+0000';
var date = new Moment(dateString);

alert(date.format('MM/dd/YYYY'));

answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:08

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 25 '17 at 09:23

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You can pass it to Date Object:

var dateString = "Mon Feb 02 2015 05:18:44 GMT+0000 (UTC)";
var date = new Date(dateString);

date.getDate(); // > 2 (the day number)
date.getMonth(); // > 1 (the month number as 0 is January, 11 is December)

You can also find a lib to do the format job or format yourself.

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answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:07

omxian

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:20

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var d = new Date(); var n = d.toLocaleDateString();

I think this will give you desired output.

answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:20

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The result of *toLocaleString* is entirely implementation dependent and gives different results in different browsers. So while some might give the required format, others will not. – RobG Mar 26 '17 at 23:17

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 02 '15 at 06:14

There are many ways to parse and re-format a date. Here is a very simple method that works for your date format:

var d = 'Mon Feb 02 2015 05:18:44 GMT+0000 (UTC)';
var dStr = new Date(d).toDateString();

The value of dSTr will be something like 'Sun Feb 01 2015'.

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