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user2571510
user2571510

Reputation: 11377

jQuery: add leading zeros to date string

I have a date string that is created by adding the following pieces: 

var dateString = d + "/" + m + "/" + y;

The other variables are created previously in my code as being fetched from an internal web page (d = day, m = month, y = year). This works fine so far.

How can I achieve that a leading zero is added to them if d and/or m consist of only digit ? E.g. if d = 1 then it should become 01 and the same for m.

Many thanks in advance for any help with this, Tim.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2123

Answers (3)

vivek shirodkar
vivek shirodkar

Reputation: 89

Try following

var d_str = ("00" + d).slice(-2);
var m_str = ("00" + m).slice(-2);
var dateString_formatted = d_str + "/" + m_str + "/" + y;

Upvotes: 0

Povesma Dmytro
Povesma Dmytro

Reputation: 336

dateString.replace(/(^|\D)(\d)(?!\d)/g, '$10$2');

will add leading zeros to all lonely, single digits

Upvotes: 1

PhistucK
PhistucK

Reputation: 2546

I think it must be done manually. var dateString = (d < 10? "0": "") + d + "/" + (m < 10? "0": "") + m + "/" + y;

There are some date formatting libraries/jQuery plugins around, but if this is all you need, they would be an overkill for that.

Upvotes: 2

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