Situation: I want to use the JavaScript function Date.toLocaleDateString()
to display a date in the users preferred locale. So far so well, but I want to display month and day with the 2-digit
option.
As far as I know, you have to use Date.toLocaleDateString(locale, options)
to display with options, but which value should I use for the locale
option? Which variable does the toLocaleDateString()
read internally to set the locale, so that I can read it out and pass it to the function call with 2 parameters?
From the specification of toLocaleDateString
:
- If locales is not provided, then let locales be undefined.
Implying you can set it to undefined
yourself with no ill effects. This is backed up by the MDN reference documentation:
If the locales argument is not provided or is undefined, the runtime's default locale is used.
So you can call it with:
Date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, options);
to get the default locale as if you'd called it with no arguments.
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