Javascript get and format current date

date, format, javascript

Solution

you can use this.

function dateTest(){
  var d =new Date();
 var month_name=new Array(12);
 month_name[0]="Jan"
 month_name[1]="Feb"
 month_name[2]="Mar"
 month_name[3]="Apr"
 month_name[4]="May"
 month_name[5]="Jun"
 month_name[6]="Jul"
 month_name[7]="Aug"
 month_name[8]="Sep"
 month_name[9]="Oct"
 month_name[10]="Nov"     
 month_name[11]="Dec"
 alert(month_name[d.getMonth()]+" "+d.getDate()+" , "+d.getFullYear());
 }

Problem

Possible Duplicate: Formatting a date in JavaScript I need to show a current date in format like this (some examples): ``` sep 10, 2012 nov 5, 2012 ``` and so on. Using `javascript` I get a current date object ``` var date = new Date(); ``` what I need to do next?

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