DD/MM/YYYY Date format in Moment.js

Question

How can i change the current date to this format(DD/MM/YYYY) using moment.js?

I have tried below code.

$scope.SearchDate = moment(new Date(), "DD/MM/YYYY");

But it's return 0037-11-24T18:30:00.000Z. Did't help to format current date.

Prolonge

Answer 1

You need to call format() function to get the formatted value

$scope.SearchDate = moment(new Date()).format("DD/MM/YYYY")
//or $scope.SearchDate = moment().format("DD/MM/YYYY")

The syntax you have used is used to parse a given string to date object by using the specified formate

Saury

ok. the new Date() is javascript code. can you give me for get current date by using moment.js? – Prolonge

@RameshRajendran it gives you the current date - jsfiddle.net/arunpjohny/hrrnenf2/1 – Saury

@RameshRajendran $scope.SearchDate = moment(moment.now()).format("DD/MM/YYYY") – Shorten

moment() is the same as moment(new Date()) – Hooker

Answer 2

You can use this

moment().format("DD/MM/YYYY");

However, this returns a date string in the specified format for today, not a moment date object. Doing the following will make it a moment date object in the format you want.

var someDateString = moment().format("DD/MM/YYYY");
var someDate = moment(someDateString, "DD/MM/YYYY");

Scales

I have date format in 'MM/DD/YY' and wants to convert it to 'DD/MM/YYYY'. So my doubt is how will moment know what format is it in. Suppose the date is '06/05/20'. How will moment know if it's MM/DD/YY or DD/MM/YY – Tobytobye

Answer 3

This worked for me

var dateToFormat = "2018-05-16 12:57:13"; //TIMESTAMP

moment(dateToFormat).format("DD/MM/YYYY"); // you get "16/05/2018"

Corabelle

Answer 4

This actually worked for me:

moment(mydate).format('L');

Injurious

This will return MM/DD/YYYY. But in the actual question he is expecting DD/MM/YYYY format. – Listed

Answer 5

for anyone who's using react-moment:

simply use format prop to your needed format:

const now = new Date()
<Moment format="DD/MM/YYYY">{now}</Moment>

Tumescent

Answer 6

A safe way to do this

moment.locale('en-US');
moment().format("L"); 

"06/23/2021"

moment.locale('fr');
moment().format("L");

"23/06/2021"

Jaco

Answer 7

The best way is:

let today = new Date();
let todayFormatted = moment(today).format('DD-MM-YYYY');
let startDateFormatted = moment(startDate).format('DD-MM-YYYY');
const isStartDateToday = (todayFormatted === startDateFormatted);

Georginegeorglana

Except for this startDate thing which can be found nowhere in the question, this answer does not have anything new compared to existing answers. – Dragline

I made a confusion. My solution is the best way of compare two dates is the same – Prognosticate