Custom date formatting in javascript (ES6)

Question

We have an API that accepts a date string as argument in the format:

2020-11-30

When we have a date object it's very easy in PowerShell to achieve the correct format:

(Get-Date).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd')

Doing this in javascript is a bit more difficult

date.toISOString() // 2020-10-28T00:00:00.000Z

How can to get rid of the time part in the string? Is there a better way to format a date in a custom matter?

There are [~20k questions](https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bjavascript%5D+format+date+is%3Aq) about formatting dates in JS already, have you done any research? — jonrsharpe, Nov 30 '20 at 10:27

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '20 at 10:27

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Using the moment library you can format the date in many different ways, like here for example:

moment().format('YYYY MM DD');

Moment Website

answered Nov 30 '20 at 10:27

Nicholas Hamilton

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score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '20 at 10:29

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If you just want the date part, date.toDateString() is the answer for you; if you're looking for some common solution, maybe you should try some libs like momentjs or dayjs(more lightweight).

answered Nov 30 '20 at 10:29

Jerry

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