Get String in YYYYMMDD format from JS date object?

Question

I\'m trying to use JS to turn a date object into a string in YYYYMMDD format. Is there an easier way than concatenating Date.getYear()

Answer 1

Another way is to use toLocaleDateString with a locale that has a big-endian date format standard, such as Sweden, Lithuania, Hungary, South Korea, ...:

date.toLocaleDateString('se')

To remove the delimiters (-) is just a matter of replacing the non-digits:

console.log( new Date().toLocaleDateString('se').replace(/\D/g, '') );

This does not have the potential error you can get with UTC date formats: the UTC date may be one day off compared to the date in the local time zone.