In this example on CodeSandbox I'm trying to get the date formatted as dddd, MMMM Do and the expected result should be like Thursday, January 13th but instead is 0013, January 13th
As per date-fns documentation here Date-fns format, writing dddd should give me back the name of the day but I got instead 0013 and I don't understand why.
I need help on what is wrong with the way I'm writing the date format and get the name of the day instead of that 0013.
You are using a new version of date-fns https://date-fns.org/v2.16.1/docs/format.
You may use format="iiii, MMMM Do".
I have a variable in my program that stores the date in the form of 2018-04-21. Now, how do I change the value into something like 21st April, 2018?
I need something like:
var date = stringifyTheDate(actual_date);
What should I include in the stringifyTheDate function to do that?
If you are using Moment.js this how you do it.
console.log(moment("2018-04-21").format("DD MMMM YYYY")); //prints 21 April, 2018
MomentJs is widely used library for date and time, if you are not using it then this is how you add it
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.2.1/moment.min.js"></script>
I have time coming from server in certain format for example time is (1473286826319). Using MomentJS library
moment(1473286826319).format()
// output 2016-09-07T16:20:26-06:00 i.e sep 7 2016
However when I use custom formating style as below
moment(1473286826319).format('dddd, MMMM d, YYYY, h:mm A');
// output Wednesday, September 3, 2016, 4:20 PM
I have the date going back from Sept 7 to Sept 3 and rest of the data is accurate. Is there something I am doing wrong?
You are using a small d which is the Day of Week. If you want the Day of Month use a D or a DD for leading zeros.
Checkout the documentation
I am trying to convert datetime value from this format Wed Mar 9 09:48:09 PST 2016 into the following format YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss
I tried to use moment but it is giving me a warning.
"Deprecation warning: moment construction falls back to js Date. This is discouraged and will be removed in upcoming major release. Please refer to https://github.com/moment/moment/issues/1407 for more info.
Arguments: [object Object]
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Ca#http://localhost:1820/Resources/Scripts/Plugins/moment.min.js:7:15185
Ba#http://localhost:1820/Resources/Scripts/Plugins/moment.min.js:7:15024
Aa#http://localhost:1820/Resources/Scripts/Plugins/moment.min.js:7:14677
Da#http://localhost:1820/Resources/Scripts/Plugins/moment.min.js:7:15569
Ea#http://localhost:1820/Resources/Scripts/Plugins/moment.min.js:7:15610
a#http://localhost:1820/Resources/Scripts/Plugins/moment.min.js:7:41
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jQuery.event.dispatch#http://localhost:1820/Resources/Scripts/Jquery/jquery.min.js:5225:16
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according to https://github.com/moment/moment/issues/1407 I should not be trying to use moment() to do this since it is not reliable.
How can I reliably convert the Wed Mar 9 09:48:09 PST 2016 into the following format YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss?
You could try using Date.toJSON() , String.prototype.replace() , trim()
var date = new Date("Wed Mar 9 09:48:09 PST 2016").toJSON()
.replace(/(T)|(\..+$)/g, function(match, p1, p2) {
return match === p1 ? " " : ""
});
console.log(date);
Since you tagged your question with moment, I'll answer using moment.
First, the deprecation is because you are parsing a date string without supplying a format specification, and the string is not one of the standard ISO 8601 formats that moment can recognize directly. Use a format specifier and it will work just fine.
var m = moment("Wed Mar 9 09:48:09 PST 2016","ddd MMM D HH:mm:ss zz YYYY");
var s = m.format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss"); // "2016-03-09 09:48:09"
Secondly, recognize that in the above code, zz is just a placeholder. Moment does not actually interpret time zone abbreviations because there are just too many ambiguities ("CST" has 5 different meanings). If you needed to interpret this as -08:00, then you'd have to do some string replacements on your own.
Fortunately, it would appear (at least from what you asked) that you don't want any time zone conversions at all, and thus the above code will do the job.
I have a string in this format:
var testDate = "Fri Apr 12 2013 19:08:55 GMT-0500 (CDT)"
I would like to use Moment.js get it in this format mm/dd/yyyy : 04/12/2013 for display.
I tried to do it using this method,
moment(testDate,'mm/dd/yyyy');
Which errors and says there is no such method called replace? Am I approaching this in the wrong way?
Edit
I should also mention that I am using a pre-packaged version of Moment.js, packaged for Meteor.js
Object [object Date] has no method 'replace' : The Exact error from the console
Stack Trace:
at makeDateFromStringAndFormat (http://127.0.0.1:3000/packages/moment/lib/moment/moment.js?b4e3ac4a3d0794023a4410e7941c3e179398b5b0:539:29)
at moment (http://127.0.0.1:3000/packages/moment/lib/moment/moment.js?b4e3ac4a3d0794023a4410e7941c3e179398b5b0:652:24)
at populateProfileForEdit (http://127.0.0.1:3000/client/views/home/administration/directory/profiles/profiles.js?acfff908a6a099f37312f62892a22b40f82e5e0f:147:25)
at Object.Template.profile_personal.rendered (http://127.0.0.1:3000/client/views/home/administration/directory/profiles/profiles.js?acfff908a6a099f37312f62892a22b40f82e5e0f:130:13)
at Spark.createLandmark.rendered (http://127.0.0.1:3000/packages/templating/deftemplate.js?b622653d121262e50a80be772bf5b1e55ab33881:126:42)
at http://127.0.0.1:3000/packages/spark/spark.js?45c746f38023ceb80745f4b4280457e15f058bbc:384:32
at Array.forEach (native)
at Function._.each._.forEach (http://127.0.0.1:3000/packages/underscore/underscore.js?867d3653d53e9c7a171483edbcad9670e12288c7:79:11)
at http://127.0.0.1:3000/packages/spark/spark.js?45c746f38023ceb80745f4b4280457e15f058bbc:382:7
at _.extend.flush (http://127.0.0.1:3000/packages/deps/deps.js?9642a93ae1f8ffa8eb1c2475b198c764f183d693:231:11)
The 2nd argument to moment() is a parsing format rather than an display format.
For that, you want the .format() method:
moment(testDate).format('MM/DD/YYYY');
Also note that case does matter. For Month, Day of Month, and Year, the format should be uppercase.
Include moment.js and using the below code you can format your date
var formatDate= 1399919400000;
var responseDate = moment(formatDate).format('DD/MM/YYYY');
My output is "13/05/2014"
moment().format(); // "2019-08-12T17:52:17-05:00" (ISO 8601, no fractional seconds)
moment().format("dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a"); // "Monday, August 12th 2019, 5:52:00 pm"
moment().format("ddd, hA"); // "Mon, 5PM"
You Probably Don't Need Moment.js Anymore
Moment is great time manipulation library but it's considered as a legacy project, and the team is recommending to use other libraries.
date-fns is one of the best lightweight libraries, it's modular, so you can pick the functions you need and reduce bundle size (issue & statement).
Another common argument against using Moment in modern applications is its size. Moment doesn't work well with modern "tree shaking" algorithms, so it tends to increase the size of web application bundles.
import { format } from 'date-fns' // 21K (gzipped: 5.8K)
import moment from 'moment' // 292.3K (gzipped: 71.6K)
Format date with date-fns:
// moment.js
moment().format('MM/DD/YYYY');
// => "12/18/2020"
// date-fns
import { format } from 'date-fns'
format(new Date(), 'MM/dd/yyyy');
// => "12/18/2020"
More on cheat sheet with the list of functions which you can use to replace moment.js: You-Dont-Need-Momentjs
var moment = require('moment');
let yourdate = '2021-01-02T07:57:45.121Z'; // for example
moment(yourdate).format('MM/DD/YYYY');
// output : 01-02-2021
moment(yourdate).format('DD-MMM-YYYY');
// output : 01-Jan-2021
For fromating output date use format. Second moment argument is for parsing - however if you omit it then you testDate will cause deprecation warning
Deprecation warning: value provided is not in a recognized RFC2822 or ISO format...
var testDate= "Fri Apr 12 2013 19:08:55 GMT-0500 (CDT)"
let s= moment(testDate).format('MM/DD/YYYY');
msg.innerText= s;
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.24.0/moment.min.js"></script>
<div id="msg"></div>
to omit this warning you should provide parsing format
var testDate= "Fri Apr 12 2013 19:08:55 GMT-0500 (CDT)"
let s= moment(testDate, 'ddd MMM D YYYY HH:mm:ss ZZ').format('MM/DD/YYYY');
console.log(s);
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.24.0/moment.min.js"></script>
You can pass "L" to format method, which handles internationalisation...
moment.locale('en-US');
moment().format("L");
> "06/23/2021"
moment.locale('fr');
moment().format("L");
> "23/06/2021"
Other long date formats (fr locale):
LT : 'HH:mm',
LTS : 'HH:mm:ss',
L : 'DD/MM/YYYY',
LL : 'D MMMM YYYY',
LLL : 'D MMMM YYYY HH:mm',
LLLL : 'dddd D MMMM YYYY HH:mm'
Docs: https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ (see "Localized formats")
To get the current UTC time in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:ss.Millisecond with timezone using moment format as below
moment().utc().format('Y-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS Z').
Output
2022-09-20 15:28:39.446 +0000
May be this helps some one who are looking for multiple date formats one after the other by willingly or unexpectedly.
Please find the code:
I am using moment.js format function on a current date as (today is 29-06-2020)
var startDate = moment(new Date()).format('MM/DD/YY'); Result: 06/28/20
what happening is it retains only the year part :20 as "06/28/20", after If I run the statement :
new Date(startDate)
The result is "Mon Jun 28 1920 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)",
Then, when I use another format on "06/28/20": startDate = moment(startDate ).format('MM-DD-YYYY'); Result: 06-28-1920, in google chrome and firefox browsers it gives correct date on second attempt as: 06-28-2020. But in IE it is having issues, from this I understood we can apply one dateformat on the given date, If we want second date format, it should be apply on the fresh date not on the first date format result.
And also observe that for first time applying 'MM-DD-YYYY' and next 'MM-DD-YY' is working in IE.
For clear understanding please find my question in the link:
Date went wrong when using Momentjs date format in IE 11