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Formatting date and time with zapier on javascript

I try to write this code to pass in a time and format it. It works on my IDE but when I pass it to zapier, it has an error.
This is my code
function dateConvert(dateobj,format){
var year = dateobj.getFullYear();
var month= ("0" + (dateobj.getMonth()+1)).slice(-2);
var date = ("0" + dateobj.getDate()).slice(-2);
var hours = ("0" + dateobj.getHours()).slice(-2);
var minutes = ("0" + dateobj.getMinutes()).slice(-2);
var seconds = ("0" + dateobj.getSeconds()).slice(-2);
var day = dateobj.getDay();
var months = ["JAN","FEB","MAR","APR","MAY","JUN","JUL","AUG","SEP","OCT","NOV","DEC"];
var dates = ["SUN","MON","TUE","WED","THU","FRI","SAT"];
var converted_date = "";
switch(format){
case "YYYY-MM-DD":
converted_date = year + "-" + month + "-" + date;
break;
case "YYYY-MMM-DD DDD":
converted_date = year + "-" + months[parseInt(month)-1] + "-" + date + " " + dates[parseInt(day)];
break;
}
return converted_date;
}
var date = input.VIP_2bParsed;
var format = "YYYY-MMM-DD DDD";
var converted_day = dateConvert(date,format);
output={converted_day: converted_day}
I have the following error: TypeError: dateobj.getFullYear is not a function
Full image of error here ERROR

Is VIP_2bParsed a variable you mapped in the Zap editor? If so, you'll want to access it with inputData.VIP_2bParsed instead of input.VIP_2bParsed.

Clean up JavaScript timestamp

I'm using this javascript code to sync the client time with my server time
var offset = 0;
function calcOffset() {
var xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
xmlhttp.open("GET", "http://stackoverflow.com/", false);
xmlhttp.send();
var dateStr = xmlhttp.getResponseHeader('Date');
var serverTimeMillisGMT = Date.parse(new Date(Date.parse(dateStr)).toUTCString());
var localMillisUTC = Date.parse(new Date().toUTCString());
offset = serverTimeMillisGMT - localMillisUTC;
}
function getServerTime() {
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime() + offset);
return date;
}
the date I get back is
"2013-10-03T16:37:05.568Z"
How to I make this "2013-10-03 H:i:s"?

Although using moment.js is a smoother way to do it if you are working with a bunch of dates, here's a way to do it with vanilla JS:
x = new Date
x.getFullYear() + '-' + x.getMonth() + '-' + x.getDay()
Edit:
Here it is with the time and leading zeros on the month and day, as you can see these extra things add a good bit more code. Maybe if you post another question detailing your troubles with moment.js, we would be able to help getting it fixed:
formatDate(new Date);
function formatDate(d){
var year = d.getFullYear();
var month = addLeadingZero(d.getMonth());
var day = addLeadingZero(d.getDay());
var hours = d.getHours();
var minutes = d.getMinutes();
var seconds = d.getSeconds();
return year + '-' + month + '-' + day + ' ' + hours + ':' + minutes + ':' + seconds
}
function addLeadingZero(n){ return n < 10 ? '0'+n : ''+n }

Change dates inside span to match user's timezone

I have this function:
function get_time_zone_offset() {
var current_date = new Date();
return -current_date.getTimezoneOffset() / 60;
}
I want a jQuery code to change every span which class is 'timeago' title value to its value plus the number the function above returns. For example:
Before:
<span class="timeago" title="7/4/2012 9:28:30 AM">7/4/2012 9:28:30 AM</span>
After:
<span class="timeago" title="7/4/2012 12:28:30 PM">7/4/2012 12:28:30 PM</span>

Assuming 7/4/2012 9:28:30 AM represents UTC, you can let the Date object do all the math:
function formatDate(d) {
var yy = d.getFullYear();
var mm = d.getMonth() + 1;
var dd = d.getDate();
var hh = d.getHours();
var ii = d.getMinutes();
var ss = d.getSeconds();
var ap;
if (hh < 12) {
if (hh === 0) {
hh = 12;
}
ap = "AM";
}
else {
if (hh > 12) {
hh -= 12;
}
ap = "PM";
}
return mm + "/" + dd + "/" + yy + " " + hh + ":" + ii + ":" + ss + " " + ap;
}
$("span.timeago").each(function() {
var dateInput = $(this).text();
var dateInUTC = new Date(dateInput + " +0000"); // note: +0000 is the key
var dateOutput = formatDate(dateInUTC);
$(this).attr("title", dateOutput).text(dateOutput);
});
This assumes that the date is parsable. Here is a demo.

It seems a simple loop like this should work:
$('span.timeago').each(function(index, elm) {
var newVal = $(elm).attr('title') * 1 + get_time_zone_offset(); // multiply by 1 to suppress string concatenation
$(elm).attr('title', newVal);
});

It's pretty straightforward by passing a function to .attr [docs]:
var offset = get_time_zone_offset();
$('span.timeago').attr('title', function(i, val) {
return +val + offset;
});
If you have to convert the value to a proper timestamp first, have a look at How to convert from date to unix_timestamp using javascript.
If you are using the Timeago plugin, note this remark:
Are you concerned about time zone support? Don't be. Timeago handles this too. As long as your timestamps are in ISO 8601 format and include a full time zone designator (±hhmm), everything should work out of the box regardless of the time zone that your visitors live in.
So you might not even have to do this conversion manually. Just add the proper timezone information to values.

Getting current date and time in JavaScript

I have a script that prints the current date and time in JavaScript, but the DATE is always wrong. Here is the code:
var currentdate = new Date();
var datetime = "Last Sync: " + currentdate.getDay() + "/" + currentdate.getMonth()
+ "/" + currentdate.getFullYear() + " # "
+ currentdate.getHours() + ":"
+ currentdate.getMinutes() + ":" + currentdate.getSeconds();
It should print 18/04/2012 15:07:33 and prints 3/3/2012 15:07:33

.getMonth() returns a zero-based number so to get the correct month you need to add 1, so calling .getMonth() in may will return 4 and not 5.
So in your code we can use currentdate.getMonth()+1 to output the correct value. In addition:
.getDate() returns the day of the month <- this is the one you want
.getDay() is a separate method of the Date object which will return an integer representing the current day of the week (0-6) 0 == Sunday etc
so your code should look like this:
var currentdate = new Date();
var datetime = "Last Sync: " + currentdate.getDate() + "/"
+ (currentdate.getMonth()+1) + "/"
+ currentdate.getFullYear() + " # "
+ currentdate.getHours() + ":"
+ currentdate.getMinutes() + ":"
+ currentdate.getSeconds();
JavaScript Date instances inherit from Date.prototype. You can modify the constructor's prototype object to affect properties and methods inherited by JavaScript Date instances
You can make use of the Date prototype object to create a new method which will return today's date and time. These new methods or properties will be inherited by all instances of the Date object thus making it especially useful if you need to re-use this functionality.
// For todays date;
Date.prototype.today = function () {
return ((this.getDate() < 10)?"0":"") + this.getDate() +"/"+(((this.getMonth()+1) < 10)?"0":"") + (this.getMonth()+1) +"/"+ this.getFullYear();
}
// For the time now
Date.prototype.timeNow = function () {
return ((this.getHours() < 10)?"0":"") + this.getHours() +":"+ ((this.getMinutes() < 10)?"0":"") + this.getMinutes() +":"+ ((this.getSeconds() < 10)?"0":"") + this.getSeconds();
}
You can then simply retrieve the date and time by doing the following:
var newDate = new Date();
var datetime = "LastSync: " + newDate.today() + " # " + newDate.timeNow();
Or call the method inline so it would simply be -
var datetime = "LastSync: " + new Date().today() + " # " + new Date().timeNow();

To get time and date you should use
new Date().toLocaleString();
>> "09/08/2014, 2:35:56 AM"
To get only the date you should use
new Date().toLocaleDateString();
>> "09/08/2014"
To get only the time you should use
new Date().toLocaleTimeString();
>> "2:35:56 AM"
Or if you just want the time in the format hh:mm without AM/PM for US English
new Date().toLocaleTimeString('en-US', { hour12: false,
hour: "numeric",
minute: "numeric"});
>> "02:35"
or for British English
new Date().toLocaleTimeString('en-GB', { hour: "numeric",
minute: "numeric"});
>> "02:35"
Read more here.

For true mysql style output use this function below: 2019/02/28 15:33:12
If you click the 'Run code snippet' button below
It will show you an simple realtime digital clock example
The demo will appear below the code snippet.
function getDateTime() {
var now = new Date();
var year = now.getFullYear();
var month = now.getMonth()+1;
var day = now.getDate();
var hour = now.getHours();
var minute = now.getMinutes();
var second = now.getSeconds();
if(month.toString().length == 1) {
month = '0'+month;
}
if(day.toString().length == 1) {
day = '0'+day;
}
if(hour.toString().length == 1) {
hour = '0'+hour;
}
if(minute.toString().length == 1) {
minute = '0'+minute;
}
if(second.toString().length == 1) {
second = '0'+second;
}
var dateTime = year+'/'+month+'/'+day+' '+hour+':'+minute+':'+second;
return dateTime;
}
// example usage: realtime clock
setInterval(function(){
currentTime = getDateTime();
document.getElementById("digital-clock").innerHTML = currentTime;
}, 1000);
<div id="digital-clock"></div>

Just use:
var d = new Date();
document.write(d.toLocaleString());
document.write("<br>");

Short
I develop Steve answer to get exactly what OP need
new Date().toLocaleString().replace(',','')
console.log(new Date().toLocaleString().replace(',',''));

var currentdate = new Date();
var datetime = "Last Sync: " + currentdate.getDate() + "/"+(currentdate.getMonth()+1)
+ "/" + currentdate.getFullYear() + " # "
+ currentdate.getHours() + ":"
+ currentdate.getMinutes() + ":" + currentdate.getSeconds();
Change .getDay() method to .GetDate() and add one to month, because it counts months from 0.

This should do the trick:
function dateToString(date) {
var month = date.getMonth() + 1;
var day = date.getDate();
var dateOfString = (("" + day).length < 2 ? "0" : "") + day + "/";
dateOfString += (("" + month).length < 2 ? "0" : "") + month + "/";
dateOfString += date.getFullYear();
return dateOfString;
}
var currentdate = new Date();
var datetime = "Last Sync: ";
datetime += dateToString(currentdate );
datetime += + currentdate.getHours() + ":"
+ currentdate.getMinutes() + ":"
+ currentdate.getSeconds();

Basic JS (good to learn): we use the Date() function and do all that we need to show the date and day in our custom format.
var myDate = new Date();
let daysList = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'];
let monthsList = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Aug', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];
let date = myDate.getDate();
let month = monthsList[myDate.getMonth()];
let year = myDate.getFullYear();
let day = daysList[myDate.getDay()];
let today = `${date} ${month} ${year}, ${day}`;
let amOrPm;
let twelveHours = function (){
if(myDate.getHours() > 12)
{
amOrPm = 'PM';
let twentyFourHourTime = myDate.getHours();
let conversion = twentyFourHourTime - 12;
return `${conversion}`
}else {
amOrPm = 'AM';
return `${myDate.getHours()}`}
};
let hours = twelveHours();
let minutes = myDate.getMinutes();
let currentTime = `${hours}:${minutes} ${amOrPm}`;
console.log(today + ' ' + currentTime);
Node JS (quick & easy): Install the npm pagckage using (npm install date-and-time), then run the below.
let nodeDate = require('date-and-time');
let now = nodeDate.format(new Date(), 'DD-MMMM-YYYY, hh:mm:ss a');
console.log(now);

Short and simple:-
console.log(new Date().toLocaleString());
Reference

I have found the simplest way to get current date and time in JavaScript from here - How to get current Date and Time using JavaScript
var today = new Date();
var date = today.getFullYear()+'-'+(today.getMonth()+1)+'-'+today.getDate();
var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();
var CurrentDateTime = date+' '+time;

getDay() gets the day of the week. 3 is Wednesday. You want getDate(), that will return 18.
Also getMonth() starts at 0, you need to add 1 to get 4 (April).
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/4zVxp/

You need to use getDate() to get the date part. The getDay() function returns the day number (Sunday = 0, Monday = 1...), and the getMonth() returns a 0 based index, so you need to increment it by 1.
var currentdate = new Date();
var datetime = "Last Sync: " + currentdate.getDate() + "/"+ (parseInt(currentdate.getMonth()) + 1)
+ "/" + currentdate.getFullYear() + " # "
+ currentdate.getHours() + ":"
+ currentdate.getMinutes() + ":" + currentdate.getSeconds();

const date = new Date()
console.log(date.toLocaleTimeString("en-us", {timeStyle: "medium"})) // Only Time
console.log(date.toLocaleString()) // For both Date and Time
For Documentation

function getTimeStamp() {
var now = new Date();
return ((now.getMonth() + 1) + '/' + (now.getDate()) + '/' + now.getFullYear() + " " + now.getHours() + ':'
+ ((now.getMinutes() < 10) ? ("0" + now.getMinutes()) : (now.getMinutes())) + ':' + ((now.getSeconds() < 10) ? ("0" + now
.getSeconds()) : (now.getSeconds())));
}

get current date and time
var now = new Date();
var datetime = now.getFullYear()+'/'+(now.getMonth()+1)+'/'+now.getDate();
datetime += ' '+now.getHours()+':'+now.getMinutes()+':'+now.getSeconds();

This question is quite old and the answers are too. Instead of those monstrous functions, we now can use moment.js to get the current date, which actually makes it very easy. All that has to be done is including moment.js in our project and get a well formated date, for example, by:
moment().format("dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a");
I think that makes it way easier to handle dates in javascript.

.getDay returns day of week. You need .getDate instead.
.getMonth returns values from 0 to 11. You'll need to add 1 to the result to get "human" month number.

This little code is easy and works everywhere.
<p id="dnt"></p>
<script>
document.getElementById("dnt").innerHTML = Date();
</script>
there is room to design

function UniqueDateTime(format='',language='en-US'){
//returns a meaningful unique number based on current time, and milliseconds, making it virtually unique
//e.g : 20170428-115833-547
//allows personal formatting like more usual :YYYYMMDDHHmmSS, or YYYYMMDD_HH:mm:SS
var dt = new Date();
var modele="YYYYMMDD-HHmmSS-mss";
if (format!==''){
modele=format;
}
modele=modele.replace("YYYY",dt.getFullYear());
modele=modele.replace("MM",(dt.getMonth()+1).toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 2, useGrouping:false}));
modele=modele.replace("DD",dt.getDate().toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 2, useGrouping:false}));
modele=modele.replace("HH",dt.getHours().toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 2, useGrouping:false}));
modele=modele.replace("mm",dt.getMinutes().toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 2, useGrouping:false}));
modele=modele.replace("SS",dt.getSeconds().toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 2, useGrouping:false}));
modele=modele.replace("mss",dt.getMilliseconds().toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 3, useGrouping:false}));
return modele;
}

dt= new Date();
alert(dt.toISOString().substring(8,10) + "/" +
dt.toISOString().substring(5,7)+ "/" +
dt.toISOString().substring(0,4) + " " +
dt.toTimeString().substring(0,8))

var datetime = new Date().toLocaleString().slice(0,9) +" "+new Date(new Date()).toString().split(' ')[4];
console.log(datetime);

I think i am very late to share my answer, but i think it will be worth.
function __getCurrentDateTime(format){
var dt=new Date(),x,date=[];
date['d']=dt.getDate();
date['dd']=dt.getDate()>10?dt.getDate():'0'+dt.getDate();
date['m']=dt.getMonth()+1;
date['mm']=(dt.getMonth()+1)>10?(dt.getMonth()+1):'0'+(dt.getMonth()+1);
date['yyyy']=dt.getFullYear();
date['yy']=dt.getFullYear().toString().slice(-2);
date['h']=(dt.getHours()>12?dt.getHours()-12:dt.getHours());
date['hh']=dt.getHours();
date['mi']=dt.getMinutes();
date['mimi']=dt.getMinutes()<10?('0'+dt.getMinutes()):dt.getMinutes();
date['s']=dt.getSeconds();
date['ss']=dt.getSeconds()<10?('0'+dt.getSeconds()):dt.getSeconds();
date['sss']=dt.getMilliseconds();
date['ampm']=(dt.getHours()>=12?'PM':'AM');
x=format.toLowerCase();
x=x.indexOf('dd')!=-1?x.replace(/(dd)/i,date['dd']):x.replace(/(d)/i,date['d']);
x=x.indexOf('mm')!=-1?x.replace(/(mm)/i,date['mm']):x.replace(/(m)/i,date['m']);
x=x.indexOf('yyyy')!=-1?x.replace(/(yyyy)/i,date['yyyy']):x.replace(/(yy)/i,date['yy']);
x=x.indexOf('hh')!=-1?x.replace(/(hh)/i,date['hh']):x.replace(/(h)/i,date['h']);
x=x.indexOf('mimi')!=-1?x.replace(/(mimi)/i,date['mimi']):x.replace(/(mi)/i,date['mi']);
if(x.indexOf('sss')!=-1){ x=x.replace(/(sss)/i,date['sss']); }
x=x.indexOf('ss')!=-1?x.replace(/(ss)/i,date['ss']):x.replace(/(s)/i,date['s']);
if(x.indexOf('ampm')!=-1){ x=x.replace(/(ampm)/i,date['ampm']); }
return x;
}
console.log(__getCurrentDateTime()); //returns in dd-mm-yyyy HH:MM:SS
console.log(__getCurrentDateTime('dd-mm-yyyy')); //return in 05-12-2016
console.log(__getCurrentDateTime('dd/mm*yyyy')); //return in 05/12*2016
console.log(__getCurrentDateTime('hh:mimi:ss')); //return in 13:05:30
console.log(__getCurrentDateTime('h:mi:ss ampm')); //return in 1:5:30 PM

I needed to figure this out for a slate in after effects. Here's what I came up with after taking elements from a few different sources -- Formatting is MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM AM/PM
D = new Date(Date(00));
M = D.getMonth()+1;
H = D.getHours();
Mi = D.getMinutes();
N = "AM"
if (H >= 12)
N = "PM"
if (H > 12)
{
H = H-12
}
amtOfZeroes = 2;
isNeg = false;
if (M < 0)
{
M = Math.abs(M);
isNeg = true;
}
Mo = Math.round(M) + "";
while(Mo.length < amtOfZeroes)
{
Mo = "0" + Mo;
}
if (isNeg)
Mo = "-" + Mo;
if (H < 0)
{
H = Math.abs(H);
isNeg = true;
}
Ho = Math.round(H) + "";
while(Ho.length < amtOfZeroes)
{
Ho = "0" + Ho;
}
if (isNeg)
Ho = "-" + Ho;
if (Mi < 0)
{
Mi = Math.abs(Mi);
isNeg = true;
}
Min = Math.round(Mi) + "";
while(Min.length < amtOfZeroes)
{
Min = "0" + Min;
}
if (isNeg)
Min = "-" + Min;
T = Ho + ":" + (Min)
Mo + "/" + D.getDate() + "/" + D.getFullYear() + " " + T + " " + N

If someone is in search of function
console.log(formatAMPM());
function formatAMPM() {
var date = new Date();
var hours = date.getHours();
var minutes = date.getMinutes();
var seconds = date.getSeconds();
var ampm = hours >= 12 ? 'PM' : 'AM';
hours = hours % 12;
hours = hours ? hours : 12; // the hour '0' should be '12'
minutes = minutes < 10 ? '0'+minutes : minutes;
return strTime = date.getMonth() + '/' + date.getDay()+'/'+date.getFullYear()+' '+ hours + ':' + minutes +':'+ seconds + " " +ampm;
}

function display_c(){
var refresh = 1000; // Refresh rate in milli seconds
mytime = setTimeout('display_ct()', refresh)
}
function display_ct() {
var strcount
var currentdate = new Date();
document.getElementById('ct').innerHTML = currentdate.toDateString() + " " + currentdate.getHours() + ":" + currentdate.getMinutes() + ":" + currentdate.getSeconds();
tt = display_c();
}
id = 'ct' // Replace in Your id
onload = "display_ct();" // Type inside a Body Tag

My well intended answer is to use this tiny bit of JS: https://github.com/rhroyston/clock-js
clock.now --> 1462248501241
clock.time --> 11:08 PM
clock.weekday --> monday
clock.day --> 2
clock.month --> may
clock.year --> 2016
clock.since(1462245888784) --> 44 minutes
clock.until(1462255888784) --> 2 hours
clock.what.time(1462245888784) --> 10:24 PM
clock.what.weekday(1461968554458) --> friday
clock.what.day('14622458887 84') --> 2
clock.what.month(1461968554458) --> april
clock.what.year('1461968554458') --> 2016
clock.what.time() --> 11:11 PM
clock.what.weekday('14619685abcd') --> clock.js error : expected unix timestamp as argument
clock.unit.seconds --> 1000
clock.unit.minutes --> 60000
clock.unit.hours --> 3600000
clock.unit.days --> 86400000
clock.unit.weeks --> 604800000
clock.unit.months --> 2628002880
clock.unit.years --> 31536000000

Its simple and superb
$(document).ready(function () {
var fpsOut = document.getElementById('myTime');
setInterval(function () {
var d = new Date();
fpsOut.innerHTML = d;
}, 1000);
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="myTime"></div>
please find the below fiddler for the example
http://jsfiddle.net/4zVxp/483/

Here is my work around clock full format with day, date, year and time
and make Sure the date of your PC is set to the right date and if you are using PHP make sure in php.ini date.timezone= xx where xx your current timezone
function startTime()
{
var today=new Date();
// 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
var suffixes = ['','st','nd','rd','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','st','nd','rd','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','st','nd','rd'];
var weekday = new Array(7);
weekday[0] = "Sunday";
weekday[1] = "Monday";
weekday[2] = "Tuesday";
weekday[3] = "Wednesday";
weekday[4] = "Thursday";
weekday[5] = "Friday";
weekday[6] = "Saturday";
var month = new Array(12);
month[0] = "January";
month[1] = "February";
month[2] = "March";
month[3] = "April";
month[4] = "May";
month[5] = "June";
month[6] = "July";
month[7] = "August";
month[8] = "September";
month[9] = "October";
month[10] = "November";
month[11] = "December";
document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML=(weekday[today.getDay()] + ',' + " " + today.getDate()+'<sup>'+suffixes[today.getDate()]+'</sup>' + ' of' + " " + month[today.getMonth()] + " " + today.getFullYear() + ' Time Now ' + today.toLocaleTimeString());
t=setTimeout(function(){startTime()},500);
}
<style>
sup {
vertical-align: super;
font-size: smaller;
}
</style>
<html>
<body onload="startTime()">
<div id="txt"></div>
</body>
</html>

This example of UK Time Zone.. set offset for specific Time Zone.
Example : for India : +05:30 , UK : +1
function realUKTime() {
// create Date object for current location
var d = new Date();
offset ='+1';
// convert to msec
// subtract local time zone offset
// get UTC time in msec
var utc = d.getTime() + (d.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000);
// create new Date object for different city
// using supplied offset
var nd = new Date(utc + (3600000*offset));
// return time as a string
var s = nd.getSeconds();
var i = nd.getMinutes();
var h = nd.getHours();
var cDate = nd.getDate();
var m = nd.getUTCMonth();
var y = nd.getFullYear();
var newUkTime = nd.toDateString() + " "+ (Number(h)-1)+":"+i+':'+s
$("#realTime").html(newUkTime);
}
setInterval(realUKTime(),1000);
Output :: Mon Dec 27 2021 12:6:3

we can use :
new Date().toLocaleDateString() to fetch current date and
new Date().toLocaleTimeString() to fetch current time
Ex:
const date = new Date().toLocaleDateString();
const time = new Date().toLocaleTimeString();

How to get correct gmt time in Javascript

For using the Amazon mechanical turk API I want to get the current GMT time and show it in ISO format
2011-02-24T20:38:34Z
I am wondering if there is any way to correctly get the gmt time and also be able to reformat it with ISO format. I can use something like now.toGMTString(); but it makes a string out of the date and it is hard to reformat it with ISO.

var year = now.getUTCFullYear()
var month = now.getUTCMonth()
var day= now.getUTCDay()
var hour= now.getUTCHours()
var mins= now.getUTCMinutes()
var secs= now.getUTCSeconds()
var dateString = year + "-" + month + "-" + day + "T" + hour + ":" + mins + ":" + secs + "Z"
You should be using UTC now instead of GMT. (Amounts to almost the same thing now, and it is the new standard anyway)

I believe this will work for you:
Number.prototype.pad = function(width,chr){
chr = chr || '0';
var result = this;
for (var a = 0; a < width; a++)
result = chr + result;
return result.slice(-width);
}
Date.prototype.toISOString = function(){
return this.getUTCFullYear().pad(4) + '-'
+ this.getUTCMonth().pad(2) + '-'
+ this.getUTCDay().pad(2) + 'T'
+ this.getUTCHours().pad(2) + ':'
+ this.getUTCMinutes().pad(2) + ':'
+ this.getUTCSeconds().pad(2) + 'Z';
}
Usage:
var d = new Date;
alert('ISO Format: '+d.toISOString());
Not much more different than every else's answer, but make it built-in to the date object for convenience

function pad(num) {
return ("0" + num).slice(-2);
}
function formatDate(d) {
return [d.getUTCFullYear(),
pad(d.getUTCMonth() + 1),
pad(d.getUTCDate())].join("-") + "T" +
[pad(d.getUTCHours()),
pad(d.getUTCMinutes()),
pad(d.getUTCSeconds())].join(":") + "Z";
}
formatDate(new Date());
Output:
"2011-02-24T21:01:55Z"

This script can take care of it
/* use a function for the exact format desired... */
function ISODateString(d){
function pad(n){return n<10 ? '0'+n : n}
return d.getUTCFullYear()+'-'
+ pad(d.getUTCMonth()+1)+'-'
+ pad(d.getUTCDate())+'T'
+ pad(d.getUTCHours())+':'
+ pad(d.getUTCMinutes())+':'
+ pad(d.getUTCSeconds())+'Z'}
var d = new Date();
document.write(ISODateString(d)); // prints something like 2009-09-28T19:03:12Z