How to get current date in jquery?

Question

I want to know how to use the Date() function in jQuery to get the current date in a yyyy/mm/dd format.

Answer 1

See this.
The $.now() method is a shorthand for the number returned by the expression (new Date).getTime().

Answer 2

Moment.js makes it quite easy:

moment().format("YYYY/MM/DD")

Answer 3

var d = new Date();

var today = d.getFullYear() + '/' + ('0'+(d.getMonth()+1)).slice(-2) + '/' + ('0'+d.getDate()).slice(-2);

Answer 4

this object set zero, when element has only one symbol:

function addZero(i) {
    if (i < 10) {
        i = "0" + i;
    }
    return i;
}

This object set actual full time, hour and date:

function getActualFullDate() {
    var d = new Date();
    var day = addZero(d.getDate());
    var month = addZero(d.getMonth()+1);
    var year = addZero(d.getFullYear());
    var h = addZero(d.getHours());
    var m = addZero(d.getMinutes());
    var s = addZero(d.getSeconds());
    return day + ". " + month + ". " + year + " (" + h + ":" + m + ")";
}

function getActualHour() {
    var d = new Date();
    var h = addZero(d.getHours());
    var m = addZero(d.getMinutes());
    var s = addZero(d.getSeconds());
    return h + ":" + m + ":" + s;
}

function getActualDate() {
    var d = new Date();
    var day = addZero(d.getDate());
    var month = addZero(d.getMonth()+1);
    var year = addZero(d.getFullYear());
    return day + ". " + month + ". " + year;
}

HTML:

<span id='full'>a</span>
<br>
<span id='hour'>b</span>
<br>    
<span id='date'>c</span>

JQUERY VIEW:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#full").html(getActualFullDate());
    $("#hour").html(getActualHour());
    $("#date").html(getActualDate());
});

EXAMPLE

Answer 5

jQuery is JavaScript. Use the Javascript Date Object.

var d = new Date();
var strDate = d.getFullYear() + "/" + (d.getMonth()+1) + "/" + d.getDate();

Answer 6

Since the question is tagged as JQuery:

If you are also using JQuery UI you can use $.datepicker.formatDate():

$.datepicker.formatDate('yy/mm/dd', new Date());

See this demo.