JavaScript - jak pobierać aktualną datę?

var now = new Date();

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// Current date: Thu Feb 20 2020

console.log('Current date: ' + now.toDateString());

function renderNumber(value, length) {

    var result = value.toString();

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    for(; length > result.length; length -= 1)

        result = '0' + result;

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    return result;

}

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var now = new Date();

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var year = now.getFullYear();

var month = now.getMonth() + 1;

var day = now.getDate();

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var date = renderNumber(year, 4) 

    + '.' + renderNumber(month, 2) 

    + '.' + renderNumber(day, 2);

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console.log('Current date: ' + date); // Current date: 2020.02.20