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September 15, 2015 21:47
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A way method to format a date in javascript
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <body> | |
| <p id="demo"></p> | |
| <p id="format"></p> | |
| <script> | |
| var date = new Date("2015-03-25T12:00:00"); | |
| // Array of months to convert int from date to month name | |
| months = ['Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec'] | |
| // function to add ordinals to date | |
| function addOrd(n) { | |
| var ords = [,'st','nd','rd']; | |
| var ord, m = n%100; | |
| return n + ((m > 10 && m < 14)? 'th' : ords[m%10] || 'th'); | |
| } | |
| // Build date string (12:00 - 25th Mar 2015) | |
| var formatted = date.getHours() + ':' + ("0" + | |
| date.getMinutes()).slice(-2) + ' - ' + | |
| addOrd(date.getDate()) + ' ' + | |
| months[date.getMonth()] + ' ' + | |
| date.getFullYear(); | |
| // insert into dom | |
| document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = date; | |
| document.getElementById("format").innerHTML = formatted; | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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