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JavaScript function to get date in mmddyyyy format

Below JavaScript function getdate() will return the date string in mm/dd/yyyy format. You need to pass date as parameter that need to be returned in the format mm/dd/yyyy. If you want current date in the format then you can simple call the function as getdate(new Date());

Example:

Javascript Function:

function getdate(dt) { var res = ""; if ((dt.getMonth() + 1).toString().length < 2) res += "0" + (dt.getMonth() + 1).toString(); else res += (dt.getMonth() + 1).toString(); res += "/"; if (dt.getDate().toString().length < 2) res += "0" + dt.getDate().toString(); else res += dt.getDate().toString(); res += "/" + dt.getFullYear().toString(); return res; }

Calling function:

var dtformated = getdate(new Date()); $("#divdatetime").html(dtformated);

Source code:

<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title></title> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script> <script> function getdate(dt) { var res = ""; if ((dt.getMonth() + 1).toString().length < 2) res += "0" + (dt.getMonth() + 1).toString(); else res += (dt.getMonth() + 1).toString(); res += "/"; if (dt.getDate().toString().length < 2) res += "0" + dt.getDate().toString(); else res += dt.getDate().toString(); res += "/" + dt.getFullYear().toString(); return res; } $(document).ready(function () { var dtformated = getdate(new Date()); $("#divdatetime").html(dtformated); }); </script> </head> <body> <div id="divdatetime"> </div> </body> </html>

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