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Nitz
Nitz

Reputation: 1726

How to change the date format in JavaScript?

I am using one jquery date picker,
with using picker i am getting date in like this format
Friday, May 21, 2010

Now i want to add one day in this date so i think, i can only do if i change the date in exact format like 21/5/2010

I want to only convert that bcz i want to add one day to the particular date.
So what do u suggest me? How can I do that?
Can i do without converting it ?

thanks in advance....

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5142

Answers (5)

Álvaro González
Álvaro González

Reputation: 146460

The date format has nothing to do with how dates are stored; it only affects the way dates are displayed. JavaScript has a native Date object and jQuery UI's Datepicker allows to access such object:

http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/#method-getDate

Once you have a Date object, you can alter it to suit your needs:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Global_Objects/Date

Finally, you can feed it back into Datepicker:

http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/#method-setDate

Upvotes: 0

Vlad Grichina
Vlad Grichina

Reputation: 1069

I think you need to detail what jQuery plugin do you use. Is it this one? http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/

If so, then when you cann getDate method, you'll get Date object representing a date. You can easily manipulate it.

Upvotes: 0

Joel
Joel

Reputation: 19368

In addition to the formatting options given by others, you should add using date objects rather than to the string representation of the date object.

I.E.

// add 5 days to today
var myDate=new Date();
myDate.setDate(myDate.getDate()+5);

Upvotes: 0

Alexander Bird
Alexander Bird

Reputation: 40649

datejs may be useful to you.

Upvotes: 0

jigfox
jigfox

Reputation: 18175

Take a look at http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Datepicker#option-dateFormat

Upvotes: 2

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