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SoluableNonagon
SoluableNonagon

Reputation: 11755

How to format date without time using toLocaleTimeString

I have a Date, which I want to convert to a string, but without the time, just the date part.

My current code:

var date = new Date(2014, 9, 08); //Wed Oct 08 2014 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) 
var options = {weekday: "long", year: "numeric", month: "long", day: "numeric"};

console.log(date.toLocaleTimeString("en-US", options)); 
// output: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 12:00:00 AM 
// what I'm looking for: Wednesday, October 8, 2014

How can I modify the options to not display time?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 4469

Answers (2)

Sycomor
Sycomor

Reputation: 1272

Juste use toLocaleDateString instead of toLocaleTimeString and you should get the result you are expecting : 

var date = new Date('2014', '9', '08'); //Wed Oct 08 2014 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
var options = {weekday: "long", year: "numeric", month: "long", day: "numeric"};
console.log(date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", options));

returns : "Wednesday, October 8, 2014"

I will also second the above poster and recommend using moment.js; it is lightweight and very flexible.

Upvotes: 10

Matt Johnson-Pint
Matt Johnson-Pint

Reputation: 241525

If you are satisfied with allowing the browser to determine the display format, you can use the toDateString or toLocaleDateString functions of the Date object. You will get different results on different browsers.

Otherwise, consider using a library such as moment.js, so you can control the format to your liking. For example:

moment([2014,9,8]).format('dddd, MMMM Do, YYYY')   // "Wednesday, October 8, 2014"

Upvotes: 0

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