A simple function to convert a date to a human readable string

getFormattedDate.js

// format date with time and AM/PM
/**
 * A simple function to convert a date to a human readable string
 * @param date a date object or a string that can be parsed into a date object
 * @returns string formatted as "D MMM YYYY, hh:mm am/pm"
 */
const getFormattedDate = (date) => {
  return date.toLocaleString('en-GB', { day: 'numeric', month: 'short', year: 'numeric', hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric', hour12: true })
}

let d = getFormattedDate(new Date());
let nd = getFormattedDate("11 Oct 2022, 7:52 pm");
console.log(nd); // 11 Oct 2022, 7:52 pm