Datetime formatting / customization in ejs

Question

I show date by this in ejs

<%= new Date();%>

it give me result

Tue Feb 02 2016 16:02:24 GMT+0530 (IST)

Answer 1

Post is old but in case anyone runs into the issue.

You can eliminate installing moment and write one little line of code. adding .toDateString() will provide you with the above format in ejs.

however, Moment is used for more detailed date, such as Day, or month or year etc...