Format Date() for express-handlebars

Question

I want to display the date in the format "YYYY MM DD".

I have tried with expresss-handlebars code, {{this.createdAt.toDateString()}}

DB/Post.js

username: String,
    createdAt: {
        type: Date,
        default: new Date()
    }

index.js

app.get('/', async (req, res)=>{
    const posts = await Post.find().sort({"createdAt": -1})
    res.render('index', {
        posts
    });
})

post.handlebars

{{this.createdAt.toDateString()}}

possible duplicate https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43591405/format-date-in-mongodb-query-output-on-shell — dege, May 28 '19 at 13:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '19 at 12:41

0

Use:

{{this.createdAt.toLocaleDateString('EU'))}};

this will return YYYY-MM-DD, if you want to drop the - add split and join:

{{this.createdAt.toLocaleDateString('EU')).split('-').join(' ')}};

answered May 28 '19 at 12:41

Tom Slabbaert

It gives an error "Parse error", "Expecting 'ID', got 'INVALID' " – Prahalad Parihar May 29 '19 at 06:06
you have an error somwhere else, if u want edit and post all relevant code, run: `let new_date = new Date(); console.log(new_date.toLocaleDateString('EU'));` and see. – Tom Slabbaert May 29 '19 at 06:18

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