Formatting Date in javascript

Question

I want date with this format : '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S+0000'. I wrote a function but still asking myself if there is not better way to do this. This is my function :

 function formatDate() {
     var d = new Date();
     var year = d.getMonth() + 1;
     var day = d.getDate();
     var month = d.getMonth() + 1;
     var hour = d.getHours();
     var min = d.getMinutes();
     var sec = d.getSeconds();
    var date = d.getFullYear() + "-" + (month < 10 ? '0' + month : month) + "-" +
         (day < 10 ? '0' + day : day) +
         "T" + (hour < 10 ? '0' + hour : hour) + ":" + (min < 10 ? '0' + min : min) + ":" + (sec < 10 ? '0' + sec : sec) + "+0000";
     return date;
 }

Any ideal on how to do this with less code ?

I recommend against moment.js in this case. Your solution, while not particularly pretty (Date formatting just isn't nice to code), is going to be a hell of a lot lighter than importing even a lightweight date library. — gelliott181, Oct 10 '16 at 16:21

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '16 at 16:36

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It can be done in one line. I made two lines to make it simpler. Combine line 2 and 3.

var d = new Date(); 
date = d.toISOString().toString();
var formattedDate = date.substring(0, date.lastIndexOf(".")) + "+0000";
console.log(formattedDate);

answered Oct 10 '16 at 16:36

Netham

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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Use moment.js.

moment().format('YYYY-MM-DDTh:mm:ss+0000')

JSBIN

console.log(moment().format('YYYY-MM-DDTh:mm:ss+0000'))

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/momentjs/2.14.1/moment-with-locales.min.js"></script>

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Oct 10 '16 at 16:37

Vaibhav Mule

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Chandana Kumara · Answer 3 · 2016-10-10T17:00:08.253

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var d = new Date();
var dateString = d.getUTCFullYear() +"-"+ (d.getUTCMonth()+1) +"-"+ d.getUTCDate() + " " + d.getUTCHours() + ":" + d.getUTCMinutes() + ":" + d.getUTCSeconds()+"+0000";

getUTCMonth returns 0 - 11, so want to add one before you convert to string.

edited Oct 10 '16 at 17:00

answered Oct 10 '16 at 16:41

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Formatting Date in javascript

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