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JavaScript - get current date only
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In this article, we would like to show you how to get the current date only using the Date
class in JavaScript.
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var now = new Date();
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// Current date: Thu Feb 20 2020
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console.log('Current date: ' + now.toDateString());
Note: during using
to...String
methods it is necessaryto be careful because of specific formatting of date and time on the locale.
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function renderNumber(value, length) {
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var result = value.toString();
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for(; length > result.length; length -= 1)
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result = '0' + result;
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return result;
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}
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var now = new Date();
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var year = now.getFullYear();
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var month = now.getMonth() + 1;
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var day = now.getDate();
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var date = renderNumber(year, 4)
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+ '.' + renderNumber(month, 2)
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+ '.' + renderNumber(day, 2);
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console.log('Current date: ' + date); // Current date: 2020.02.20