Trouble with Javascript Date

Question

I know my attempt it terrible, but this is what I got. I'm trying to get the current date to display in this fashion: Monday, 19 February 2018. Can anyone fix this mess into a working Javascript code?

var dayname = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");

var monthname = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November", "December");

var d=new Date();
var today = dayname[d.getDay()] + ", " + d.getDate() + " " + monthname[d.getMonth()] + " " + d.getFullYear();
document.getElementById('currentdate").innerHTML = today;

Using [moment.js](https://momentjs.com/) would make this much easier. — Kraylog, Feb 19 '18 at 06:22
Possible duplicate of [Where can I find documentation on formatting a date in JavaScript?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1056728/where-can-i-find-documentation-on-formatting-a-date-in-javascript) — Herohtar, Feb 19 '18 at 06:24
syntax error, replace this ('currentdate") with ("currentdate"). — Rajath M S, Feb 19 '18 at 06:26
careful... getMonths() starts at zero, getDays() starts at 1.... — Pac0, Feb 19 '18 at 14:02

void · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-19T06:26:21.433

You have syntax error here 'currentdate" either use all "" or '' otherwise your code is working just fine...

var dayname = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");

var monthname = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November", "December");

var d=new Date();
var today = dayname[d.getDay()] + ", " + d.getDate() + " " + monthname[d.getMonth()] + " " + d.getFullYear();
document.getElementById('currentdate').innerHTML = today;
// Put a ' instead of "                 ^ here

<div id="currentdate"></div>

The approach I would suggest you here is to still use moment.js

var date = moment().format("dddd, Do MMMM YYYY");
console.log(date);

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.20.1/moment.min.js"></script>

@brk yea I was editing my answer to give him the **moment.js** approach.. :) — void, Feb 19 '18 at 06:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '18 at 06:23

var dayname = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");

var monthname = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November", "December");

var d=new Date();
var today = dayname[d.getDay()] + ", " + d.getDate() + " " + monthname[d.getMonth()] + " " + d.getFullYear();
document.getElementById("currentdate").innerHTML = today;

<span id="currentdate"></span>

document.getElementById('currentdate") this is the problem. you have used one ' and "

Trouble with Javascript Date

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