Javascript How to Get the Current Date

• Get the Current Date in Javascript
• Current Date in Javascript Example #1
• Current Date in Javascript Example #1
• Common Locales

Get the Current Date in Javascript

We can use Date() function to generate a new Date object that will have a current date and time.

Example 1

    let d1 = new Date();  //Current Date
    //let d1 = new Date("2011-10-14T03:24:00");  //Past Date

    let options = {weekday:"long", day:"numeric", month:"numeric", year:"numeric"}

    console.log(d1.toLocaleDateString("en-us", options));
    console.log(d1.toLocaleDateString("en-gb", options));

Example 2

    let d1 = new Date(); //Current Date
     //let d1 = new Date("2011-10-14T03:24:00");  //Past Date

    let day = String(d1.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
    let month = String(d1.getMonth()).padStart(2, '0');
    let year = d1.getFullYear();

    let date_GB = day + "-" + month + "-" + year;
    let date_US = month + "-" + day + "-" + year;

    console.log(date_GB);
    console.log(date_US);

It’s very handy to change sequence of currentDate = month + ‘/’ + day + ‘/’ + year; to whatever format you wish.

Like for British format you can use currentDate = day + ‘/’ + month + ‘/’ + year;

Learn more about toLocaleDateString()

Learn more about DateTimeFormat()

Learn more about Date

Common Locales

• ar-SA: For Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
• bn-BD: For Bangla (Bangladesh)
• bn-IN: For Bangla (India)
• cs-CZ: For Czech (Czech Republic)
• da-DK: For Danish (Denmark)
• de-AT: For Austrian German
• de-CH: For “Swiss” German
• de-DE: For Standard German (as spoken in Germany)
• el-GR: For Modern Greek
• en-AU: For Australian English
• en-CA: For Canadian English
• en-GB: For British English
• en-IE: For Irish English
• en-IN: For Indian English
• en-NZ: For New Zealand English
• en-US: For US English
• en-ZA: For English (South Africa)
• es-AR: For Argentine Spanish
• es-CL: For Chilean Spanish
• es-CO: For Colombian Spanish
• es-ES: For Castilian Spanish (as spoken in Central-Northern Spain)
• es-MX: For Mexican Spanish
• es-US: For American Spanish
• fi-FI: For Finnish (Finland)
• fr-BE: For Belgian French
• fr-CA: For Canadian French
• fr-CH: For “Swiss” French
• fr-FR: For Standard French (especially in France)
• he-IL: For Hebrew (Israel)
• hi-IN: For Hindi (India)
• hu-HU: For Hungarian (Hungary)
• id-ID: For Indonesian (Indonesia)
• it-CH: For “Swiss” Italian
• it-IT: For Standard Italian (as spoken in Italy)
• jp-JP: For Japanese (Japan)
• ko-KR: For Korean (Republic of Korea)
• nl-BE: For Belgian Dutch
• nl-NL: For Standard Dutch (as spoken in The Netherlands)
• no-NO: For Norwegian (Norway)
• pl-PL: For Polish (Poland)
• pt-BR: For Brazilian Portuguese
• pt-PT: For European Portuguese (as written and spoken in Portugal)
• ro-RO: For Romanian (Romania)
• ru-RU: For Russian (Russian Federation)
• sk-SK: For Slovak (Slovakia)
• sv-SE: For Swedish (Sweden)
• ta-IN: For Indian Tamil
• ta-LK: For Sri Lankan Tamil
• th-TH: For Thai (Thailand)
• tr-TR: For Turkish (Turkey)
• zh-CN: For Mainland China, simplified characters
• zh-HK: For Hong Kong, traditional characters
• zh-TW: For Taiwan, traditional characters