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MoeSzislak
MoeSzislak

Reputation: 137

JavaScript Format date with zeroes

I am using a function to log some stuff that happens in the background and this is the code I use to get the date and hour, etc.

function fStartLog() {

    var oDate = new Date();
    var sDate = oDate.getDate() +"/"+ oDate.getMonth() +"/"+ oDate.getFullYear() +" - "+ oDate.getHours() +":"+ oDate.getMinutes() +":"+ oDate.getSeconds();

    console.log("["+ sDate +"] mysite.com > Loading DONE!");

}

My question is, how can I get the date in a format with zeroes. Example:

[WRONG] 5/7/2013 - 22:5:9
[GOOD]    05/07/2013 - 22:05:09

Upvotes: 0

Views: 87

Answers (3)

Jim Elrod
Jim Elrod

Reputation: 121

Basically, if you convert the numbers returned from the date methods to a string and check the length, you can add a zero...

function fStartLog() {

    var oDate = new Date();

    var dd = oDate.getDate().toString();
    if (dd.length == 1) {
        dd = "0" + dd;
    }

    var mm = oDate.getMonth().toString();
    if (mm.length == 1) {
        mm = "0" + mm;
    }

    var sDate = dd +"/"+ mm +"/"+ oDate.getFullYear() +" - "+ oDate.getHours() +":"+ oDate.getMinutes() +":"+ oDate.getSeconds();

    console.log("["+ sDate +"] mysite.com > Loading DONE!");
}

Cheers!

Upvotes: 0

arturomp
arturomp

Reputation: 29630

You can also use moment.js. It's extemely powerful.

I believe something like this would give you what you need.

moment().format('L[ - ]hh:mm:ss');

Upvotes: 2

Niet the Dark Absol
Niet the Dark Absol

Reputation: 324800

I like to use a simple helper function: pad=function(n){return n<10?"0"+n:n;};

Then you can do sDate = pad(oDate.getDate())+"/"+.....

Upvotes: 1

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