How to format a JavaScript date

//usage ex: alert(dateToNiceString(new Date())); 
//returns this format: "Oct 23 2019 1:09pm"
function dateToNiceString(myDate){
  var month=new Array();
  month[0]="Jan";
  month[1]="Feb";
  month[2]="Mar";
  month[3]="Apr";
  month[4]="May";
  month[5]="Jun";
  month[6]="Jul";
  month[7]="Aug";
  month[8]="Sep";
  month[9]="Oct";
  month[10]="Nov";
  month[11]="Dec";
  var hours = myDate.getHours();
  var minutes = myDate.getMinutes();
  var ampm = hours >= 12 ? 'pm' : 'am';
  hours = hours % 12;
  hours = hours ? hours : 12;
  minutes = minutes < 10 ? '0'+minutes : minutes;
  var strTime = hours + ':' + minutes + ampm;
  return month[myDate.getMonth()]+" "+myDate.getDate()+" "+myDate.getFullYear()+" "+strTime;
}function formatDate(date) {
  var monthNames = [
    "January", "February", "March",
    "April", "May", "June", "July",
    "August", "September", "October",
    "November", "December"
  ];

  var day = date.getDate();
  var monthIndex = date.getMonth();
  var year = date.getFullYear();

  return day + ' ' + monthNames[monthIndex] + ' ' + year;
}

console.log(formatDate(new Date()));  // show current date-time in console