Javascript convert string to date format yyyy-MM-dd

Question

I have a string which is in the format "05-01-2016" when i run the below code in chrome i get the correct output

var fromDate = new Date(searchOpts.RunDateFrom);

        fromDate.format("yyyy-MM-dd");

output = "2016/05/01"

However, when this code is execute inside my js file i get this output

Sun May 01 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

How do i prevent this? I need to pass the date in this format "2016-05-01" to solr

Short answer: JavaScript's date handling is horrid. You have two options: Search StackOver for one of the dozens of questions on the topic -or- use http://momentjs.com/ — Jeremy J Starcher, May 31 '16 at 17:38
Possible duplicate of [Format JavaScript Date to yyyy-mm-dd](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23593052/format-javascript-date-to-yyyy-mm-dd) — Jeremy J Starcher, May 31 '16 at 17:39
"Search StackOver for one of the dozens of questions on the topic" I linked to one already. — Jeremy J Starcher, May 31 '16 at 18:01

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '16 at 17:47

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formattedDate = fromDate.getFullYear() + "-" + (fromDate.getMonth()+1) + "-" + fromDate.getDate()

If you just need the string

answered May 31 '16 at 17:47

amulous

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You can append 0's to the month and the date if the string length is < 2 – amulous May 31 '16 at 17:51
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that's extacly what i was looking for, Thanks. – The Confused Coder Jun 01 '16 at 10:23

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 31 '16 at 18:32

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var year = fromDate.getFullYear();
var month = fromDate.getMonth() < 10 ? '0'+ fromDate.getMonth()+1 : fromDate.getMonth()+1

var date =  fromDate.getDate() < 10 ? '0'+ fromDate.getDate(): fromDate.getDate()

answered May 31 '16 at 18:32

Deepak Garg

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Javascript convert string to date format yyyy-MM-dd

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