How do I get Month and Date of JavaScript in 2 digit format?

Question

When we call getMonth() and getDate() on date object, we will get the single digit number. For example :

For january, it displays 1, but I need to display it as 01. How to do that?

Answer 1

("0" + this.getDate()).slice(-2) 

for the date, and similar:

("0" + (this.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) 

for the month.

Answer 2

If you want a format like "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss", then this might be quicker:

var date = new Date().toISOString().substr(0, 19); // toISOString() will give you YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ 

Or the commonly used MySQL datetime format "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss":

var date2 = new Date().toISOString().substr(0, 19).replace('T', ' '); 

I hope this helps