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