date format in node.JS

Question

I am using mysql database,in that i have a field by name request_date. The type of the field is time stamp and the data stored in this field has the format 20

Answer 1

I was having the same problem, this fixed my problem:

You need to 'force' your mysql connection to format it immediately, add this into your config(connection details):

host: 'localhost',
user: 'root'
// ....
dateStrings: 'date'

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Note that in many cases

dateStrings: true

rather than 'date'

seems to be the needed solution.

Answer 2

What you see, is simply the default javascript date formatting. If you want it formatted differently, you can use the methods:

getDate(): Returns the date
getMonth(): Returns the month
getFullYear(): Returns the year

on the date object, and combine the results with / or - or : to get the format you want.

Have a look at: http://www.elated.com/articles/working-with-dates/ for more details

Answer 3

i got this working by requiring the library or module called date format. first we have to install date format package using

npm install dateformat

then u can require it in ur coding. then u can create the object of retrieved data as

var day=dateFormat(result.request_date, "yyyy-mm-dd h:MM:ss");

and print it.

Answer 4

This config resolve mine, according to node-mysql doc

  host: 'localhost',
  user: 'root',
  password: '',
  dateStrings:true,
  database: "mydb"

Answer 5

Here is the solution :

var datetme = new Date().toLocaleString();

OR

const DATE_FORMATER = require( 'dateformat' );
var datetme = DATE_FORMATER( new Date(), "yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss" );