jQuery date formatting

Question

How can I format the date using jQuery. I am using below code but getting error:

 $("#txtDate").val($.format.date(new Date(), 'dd M yy'));

Please suggest a solution.

Hagan

Microsoft JScript runtime error: '$.format' is null or not an object – Hagan

have you included the plugin that includes the format functions? – Witching

Sneaky one liner for yyyy-mm-dd: new Date().toJSON().substring(0,10) – Damp

it's fformat (double f) – Fennel

Mike Causer, you're a genius! – Theresiatheresina

Mike Causer, brilliant. If you want time as well then you can do this: new Date().toJSON().substring(0,19).replace('T',' '); – Mythicize

WARNING! the slick code: new Date().toJSON().substring(0,10) worked nice, but it returns date as GMT! Since we are 7 hours behind GMT, I was getting the wrong date after 5:00pm. I just wasted a couple hours finding the cause /sigh/. Reference – Ulland

Mike Causer you rock. new Date().toISOString().substring(0,10) – Invagination

@JayRO-GreyBeard, one liner with timezoneOffset: new Date().toLocaleDateString();. Converts the date portion of a Date object into a readable string – Tavern

Answer 1

jQuery dateFormat is a separate plugin. You need to load that explicitly using a <script> tag.

Garlicky

@Dotnet sure, using other functions: See e.g. here – Garlicky

I dont want to use plugin. CAn you please tell me how can I format the date ? – Hagan

@Dotnet see the link in my comment – Garlicky

@Dotnet if it could be done using jQuery, there would not be a jQuery plug-in for date formatting, would there? – Garlicky

I can't tell if this should be a joke or not... it's almost brilliant @pekka. Also, it's the right answer. – Chrysostom

jQuery dateFormat doesn't works with jQuery Validate. Neither the pure JavaScript version. – Y

It is hard to believe that vanilla jQuery doesn't have a function to format a date. This question is 5 years old, is this still the case? – Gerome

@Gerome a cursory Google search suggests that indeed is the case! Perhaps they felt it's functionality they want to keep out of the core library for bandwidth and performance reasons. – Garlicky

Answer 2

add jquery ui plugin in your page.

 $("#txtDate").val($.datepicker.formatDate('dd M yy', new Date()));

Ellie

This is the answer I was looking for, especially since I am using jQuery UI elsewhere. – Mown

Is there any way to get date + 2 years ? – Feed

var currentDate = new Date(); currentDate.setFullYear(currentDate.getFullYear() + 2); – Ellie

it is a pitty that it doesnt support time formatting =S – Lungwort

Here's the link to the official doc : api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/#utility-formatDate – Garrik

what a strange library. 'dd M yy' is understood as 'dd MMM yyyy'. This library has it's own understanding of format – Schiff

Answer 3

An alternative would be simple js date() function, if you don't want to use jQuery/jQuery plugin:

e.g.:

var formattedDate = new Date("yourUnformattedOriginalDate");
var d = formattedDate.getDate();
var m =  formattedDate.getMonth();
m += 1;  // JavaScript months are 0-11
var y = formattedDate.getFullYear();

$("#txtDate").val(d + "." + m + "." + y);

see: 10 ways to format time and date using JavaScript

If you want to add leading zeros to day/month, this is a perfect example: Javascript add leading zeroes to date

and if you want to add time with leading zeros try this: getMinutes() 0-9 - how to with two numbers?

V1

it will be handy to add seconds as @sein did – Selfdeprecating

This is good until the user wants the recent date or a date is fed into the Date object. What about getting the date in the same format but 6 months prior to the fed date ?? – Wotan

Answer 4

Here's a really basic function I just made that doesn't require any external plugins:

$.date = function(dateObject) {
    var d = new Date(dateObject);
    var day = d.getDate();
    var month = d.getMonth() + 1;
    var year = d.getFullYear();
    if (day < 10) {
        day = "0" + day;
    }
    if (month < 10) {
        month = "0" + month;
    }
    var date = day + "/" + month + "/" + year;

    return date;
};

Use:

$.date(yourDateObject);

Result:

dd/mm/yyyy

Sewellel

thanks super cool easy to use I tried working perfectly – Grabowski

superb Solution – Vodka

Answer 5

I'm using Moment JS. Is very helpful and easy to use.

var date = moment(); //Get the current date
date.format("YYYY-MM-DD"); //2014-07-10

Aeneous

Answer 6

ThulasiRam, I prefer your suggestion. It works well for me in a slightly different syntax/context:

var dt_to = $.datepicker.formatDate('yy-mm-dd', new Date());

If you decide to utilize datepicker from JQuery UI, make sure you use proper references in your document's < head > section:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" />

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"></script> 

Thames

Answer 7

I hope this code will fix your problem.

var d = new Date();

var curr_day = d.getDate();
var curr_month = d.getMonth();
var curr_year = d.getFullYear();

var curr_hour = d.getHours();
var curr_min = d.getMinutes();
var curr_sec = d.getSeconds();

curr_month++ ; // In js, first month is 0, not 1
year_2d = curr_year.toString().substring(2, 4)

$("#txtDate").val(curr_day + " " + curr_month + " " + year_2d)

Higgs

Answer 8

Add this function to your <script></script> and call from where ever you want in that <script></script>

<script>

function GetNow(){
    var currentdate = new Date(); 
    var datetime = currentdate.getDate() + "-"
            + (currentdate.getMonth()+1)  + "-" 
            + currentdate.getFullYear() + " "  
            + currentdate.getHours() + ":"  
            + currentdate.getMinutes() + ":" 
            + currentdate.getSeconds();
    return datetime;
}

window.alert(GetNow());

</script>

or you may simply use the Jquery which provides formatting facilities also:-

window.alert(Date.parse(new Date()).toString('yyyy-MM-dd H:i:s'));

I love the second option. It resolves all issues in one go.

Americanist

That 2nd option gives me "radix argument must be between 2 and 36 at Number.toString". It crashes. – Kaykaya

We can't use second option as it will throw error – Eskil

Answer 9

If you are using jquery ui then you may use it like below, you can specify your own date format

$.datepicker.formatDate( "D dd-M-yy", new Date()) // Output "Fri 08-Sep-2017"

Koala

Answer 10

Just use this:

var date_str=('0'+date.getDate()).substr(-2,2)+' '+('0'+date.getMonth()).substr(-2,2)+' '+('0'+date.getFullYear()).substr(-2,2);

Kaslik

Note, this gives you a date one month in the past (unless it's accessed in January in which case it gives you '00' for the month) because date.getMonth() is a zero-based index. – Afghan

Answer 11

Though this question was asked a few years ago, a jQuery plugin isn't required anymore provided the date value in question is a string with format mm/dd/yyyy (like when using a date-picker);

var birthdateVal = $('#birthdate').val();
//birthdateVal: 11/8/2014

var birthdate = new Date(birthdateVal);
//birthdate: Sat Nov 08 2014 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Wobble

Answer 12

You can add new user jQuery function 'getDate'

JSFiddle: getDate jQuery

Or you can run code snippet. Just press "Run code snippet" button below this post.

// Create user jQuery function 'getDate'
(function( $ ){
   $.fn.getDate = function(format) {

	var gDate		= new Date();
	var mDate		= {
	'S': gDate.getSeconds(),
	'M': gDate.getMinutes(),
	'H': gDate.getHours(),
	'd': gDate.getDate(),
	'm': gDate.getMonth() + 1,
	'y': gDate.getFullYear(),
	}

	// Apply format and add leading zeroes
	return format.replace(/([SMHdmy])/g, function(key){return (mDate[key] < 10 ? '0' : '') + mDate[key];});

	return getDate(str);
   }; 
})( jQuery );


// Usage: example #1. Write to '#date' div
$('#date').html($().getDate("y-m-d H:M:S"));

// Usage: ex2. Simple clock. Write to '#clock' div
function clock(){
	$('#clock').html($().getDate("H:M:S, m/d/y"))
}
clock();
setInterval(clock, 1000); // One second

// Usage: ex3. Simple clock 2. Write to '#clock2' div
function clock2(){

	var format = 'H:M:S'; // Date format
	var updateInterval = 1000; // 1 second
	var clock2Div	= $('#clock2'); // Get div
	var currentTime	= $().getDate(format); // Get time
	
	clock2Div.html(currentTime); // Write to div
	setTimeout(clock2, updateInterval); // Set timer 1 second
	
}
// Run clock2
clock2();

// Just for fun
// Usage: ex4. Simple clock 3. Write to '#clock3' span

function clock3(){

	var formatHM = 'H:M:'; // Hours, minutes
	var formatS = 'S'; // Seconds
	var updateInterval = 1000; // 1 second
	var clock3SpanHM	= $('#clock3HM'); // Get span HM
	var clock3SpanS	= $('#clock3S'); // Get span S
	var currentHM	= $().getDate(formatHM); // Get time H:M
	var currentS	= $().getDate(formatS); // Get seconds
	
	clock3SpanHM.html(currentHM); // Write to div
	clock3SpanS.fadeOut(1000).html(currentS).fadeIn(1); // Write to span
	setTimeout(clock3, updateInterval); // Set timer 1 second
	
}
// Run clock2
clock3();

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.3/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div id="date"></div><br>
<div id="clock"></div><br>
<span id="clock3HM"></span><span id="clock3S"></span>

Enjoy!

Tavern

Answer 13

You could make use of this snippet

$('.datepicker').datepicker({
  changeMonth: true,
  changeYear: true,
  yearRange: '1900:+0',
  defaultDate: '01 JAN 1900',
  buttonImage: "http://www.theplazaclub.com/club/images/calendar/outlook_calendar.gif",
  dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy',
  onSelect: function() {
    $('#datepicker').val($(this).datepicker({
      dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy'
    }).val());
  }
});

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>

<p>
  selector: <input type="text" class="datepicker">
</p>
<p>
  output: <input type="text" id="datepicker">
</p>

Mordy

Answer 14

Simply we can format the date like,

var month = date.getMonth() + 1;
var day = date.getDate();
var date1 = (('' + day).length < 2 ? '0' : '') + day + '/' + (('' + month).length < 2 ? '0' : '') + month + '/' + date.getFullYear();
$("#txtDate").val($.datepicker.formatDate('dd/mm/yy', new Date(date1)));

Where "date" is a date in any format.

Corded

Answer 15

Take a look here:

https://github.com/mbitto/jquery.i18Now

This jQuery plugin helps you to format and translate date and time according to your preference.

Enchanting

Answer 16

Use dateFormat option when creating date picker.

$("#startDate").datepicker({
                    changeMonth: true,
                    changeYear: true,
                    showButtonPanel: true,
                    dateFormat: 'yy/mm/dd'
                });

Teuton

Answer 17

you can use the below code without the plugin.

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script>
$( function() {
    //call the function on page load
	$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker();
    //set the date format here
    $( "#datepicker" ).datepicker("option" , "dateFormat", "dd-mm-yy");
	
    // you also can use 
    // yy-mm-dd
    // d M, y
    // d MM, y
    // DD, d MM, yy
    // &apos;day&apos; d &apos;of&apos; MM &apos;in the year&apos; yy (With text - 'day' d 'of' MM 'in the year' yy)
	} );
 </script>

Pick the Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker">

Tobit

Answer 18

You can try http://www.datejs.com/

 $('#idInput').val( Date.parse("Jun 18, 2017 7:00:00 PM").toString('yyyy-MM-dd'));

BR

Arouse

Answer 19

This worked for me with slight modification and without any plugin

Input : Wed Apr 11 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000

$.date = function(orginaldate) { 
    var date = new Date(orginaldate);
    var day = date.getDate();
    var month = date.getMonth() + 1;
    var year = date.getFullYear();
    if (day < 10) {
        day = "0" + day;
    }
    if (month < 10) {
        month = "0" + month;
    }
    var date =  month + "/" + day + "/" + year; 
    return date;
};

$.date('Wed Apr 11 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000')

Output: 04/11/2018

Resurgent

Answer 20

I have achieved through this, I have resolved this without any plugin or datepicker.

GetDatePattern("MM/dd/yyyy");
 function GetDatePattern(pattern)
    {
    var monthNames=["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
                "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
    
            var todayDate = new Date();
                                              
                            var date = todayDate.getDate().toString();
                            var month = todayDate.getMonth().toString(); 
                            var year = todayDate.getFullYear().toString(); 
                            var formattedMonth = (todayDate.getMonth() < 10) ? "0" + month : month;
                            var formattedDay = (todayDate.getDate() < 10) ? "0" + date : date;
                            var result = "";
    
                            switch (pattern) {
                                case "M/d/yyyy": 
                                    formattedMonth = formattedMonth.indexOf("0") == 0 ? formattedMonth.substring(1, 2) : formattedMonth;
                                    formattedDay = formattedDay.indexOf("0") == 0 ? formattedDay.substring(1, 2) : formattedDay;
    
                                    result  = formattedMonth + '/' + formattedDay + '/' + year;
                                    break;
    
                                case "M/d/yy": 
                                    formattedMonth = formattedMonth.indexOf("0") == 0 ? formattedMonth.substring(1, 2) : formattedMonth;
                                    formattedDay = formattedDay.indexOf("0") == 0 ? formattedDay.substring(1, 2) : formattedDay;
                                    result  = formattedMonth + '/' + formattedDay + '/' + year.substr(2);
                                    break;
    
                                case "MM/dd/yy":
                                    result  = formattedMonth + '/' + formattedDay + '/' + year.substr(2);
                                    break;
    
                                case "MM/dd/yyyy":
                                   result  = formattedMonth + '/' + formattedDay + '/' + year;
                                    break;
    
                                case "yy/MM/dd":
                                    result  = year.substr(2) + '/' + formattedMonth + '/' + formattedDay;
                                    break;
    
    
                                case "yyyy-MM-dd":
                                    result  = year + '-' + formattedMonth + '-' + formattedDay;
                                    break;
    
                                case "dd-MMM-yy":
                                   result  = formattedDay + '-' + monthNames[todayDate.getMonth()].substr(3) + '-' + year.substr(2);
                                    break;
    
                                case "MMMM d, yyyy":
                                    result  = todayDate.toLocaleDateString("en-us", { day: 'numeric', month: 'long', year: 'numeric' });
                                    break;
    
    
                            }
                            }

Eskil

Answer 21

I'm not quite sure if I'm allowed to answer a question that was asked like 2 years ago as this is my first answer on stackoverflow but, here's my solution;

If you once retrieved the date from your MySQL database, split it and then use the splitted values.

$(document).ready(function () {
    var datefrommysql = $('.date-from-mysql').attr("date");
    var arraydate = datefrommysql.split('.');
    var yearfirstdigit = arraydate[2][2];
    var yearlastdigit = arraydate[2][3];
    var day = arraydate[0];
    var month = arraydate[1];
    $('.formatted-date').text(day + "/" + month + "/" + yearfirstdigit + yearlastdigit);
});

Here's a fiddle.

Disjunct

Answer 22

Here is the full code example I have show on browser, Hope you also helpful thanks.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
   <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <title>jQuery UI Datepicker functionality</title>
      <link href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.3/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet">
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
      <!-- Javascript -->
      <script>
         $(function() {
            $( "#datepicker" ).datepicker({
                minDate: -100,
                maxDate: "+0D",
                dateFormat: 'yy-dd-mm',
                onSelect: function(datetext){
                    $(this).val(datetext);
                },
            });
         });
      </script>
   </head>
   <body>
      <!-- HTML --> 
      <p>Enter Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker"></p>
   </body>
</html>

Sammysamoan

Answer 23

using Moment JS moment js

$("#YourDateInput").val(moment($("#YourDateInput").val()).format('YYYY-MM-DD'));

Lili

Answer 24

u can use this coding

$('[name="tgllahir"]').val($.datepicker.formatDate('dd-mm-yy', new Date(data.tgllahir)));

Acropetal

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Answer didn't mention jQuery UI was required – Heuer