Get todays date in Javascript

Question

How can I get the current date in Javascript in this format?

"M/D/YYYY"?

Thanks.

If this would be today it would be

"2/17/2011", if it was the 3rd it would be "2/3/2011".

Thanks

Answer 1

var currentTime = new Date()
var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1
var day = currentTime.getDate()
var year = currentTime.getFullYear()
document.write(month + "/" + day + "/" + year)

I assigned each part into its own variable for this example so that it's more clear as to what it returns.

Answer 2

Use the javascript Date object:

var d = new Date();
alert((d.getMonth() + 1) + '/' + d.getDate() + '/' + d.getFullYear());