How to get current Date and Time using JavaScript || JavaScript Date Formats

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This tutorial shows, how can you get the current date and time in JavaScript. Use the following JavaScript code to get current date and time with Y-m-dand H:i:s format.


JavaScript Date object help us to work with date type of strings. Use new Date() to create a new object with current date and time.
var today = new Date();
You can get current date from Date object in Y-m-d format.
var date = today.getFullYear()+'-'+(today.getMonth()+1)+'-'+today.getDate();
You can get current time from Date object in H:i:s format.
var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();
You can  get current date and time from Date object in Y-m-d H:i:s format.
var date = today.getFullYear()+'-'+(today.getMonth()+1)+'-'+today.getDate();
var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();
var dateTime = date+' '+time;

JavaScript Date Format :-

There are 4 types of JavaScript date input formats.
  1. ISO Dates
  2. Long Dates
  3. Short Dates
  4. Full Format

JavaScript ISO Dates –

ISO 8601 is the international standard for the representation of dates and times.
The ISO 8601 syntax (YYYY-MM-DD) is more preferred JavaScript date format. 
Syntax as below: 
var date_o = new Date("2015-03-25");



JavaScript Short Dates –


Here short dates are written differently with an formate “MM/DD/YYYY” syntax as below:

var date_o = new Date("03/25/2015");


JavaScript Long Dates-

Here long dates are most often written with a “MMM DD YYYY” syntax as below:

var date_o = new Date("Mar 25 2015");


Full Date Format –

JavaScript accept date strings in the format of “full JavaScript format”: syntax as like this ;:

var date_o = new Date("Fri Mar 25 2015 09:56:24 GMT+0100 (Tokyo Time)");

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