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Get the full date from the Javascript Date() method.
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get-the-full-date-javascript.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
// Create arrays for the months and the weekdays
const weekdays = ["Maandag","Dinsdag","Woensdag","Donderdag","Vrijdag","Zaterdag","Zondag"];
const months = ["January","February","Maart","April","Mei","Juni","July","August","September","October", "November","December"];
datum = new Date();
let week = weekdays[datum.getDay()];
let day = datum.getDate();
let month = months[datum.getMonth()];
let year = datum.getFullYear();
// add the returned date to an HTML object
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = `${week} ${day} ${month} ${year}`;
</script>
</body>
</html>
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