formatDate : module to format a Date Object in Javascript

formatdate.js permit you to format a Date Object in Javascript. Just create a Date Object and call .format('template') to have a readable date.

Installation

Download formatdate.js and call it in your HTML page

How use it ?

Just create a Date Object and call our function, like :

var myDate = new Date();
console.log( "My date in format dd/mm/yyyy :: " + myDate.format( 'shortdate' ) );

Flags description

• d : Return the day of the month (1 - 31)
• dd : Return the day of the month with zero before (01 - 31)
• ddd : Return the short name of the day (ex: "Lun" for "Lundi")
• dddd : Return the name of the day (ex: "Lundi")
• m : Return the number of the month (1 - 12)
• mm : Return the number of the month with zero before (01 - 12)
• mmm : Return the short name of the month (ex: "Jan" for "Janvier")
• mmmm : Return the name of the month (ex: "Janvier")
• yy : Return the short year (ex: 16 for 2016)
• yyyy : Return the year
• hh : Return hours with zero before (00 - 23)
• ii : Return minutes with zero before (00 - 59)
• ss : Return seconds with zero before (00 - 59)

Templates

We add many templates to facilitate date formatting : myDate.format("mediumdate")will return 14 Nov. 2016

Few examples

var now = new Date();
now.format("dd/mm/yyyy"); // Return "14/11/2016"
now.format("fulldate"); // Return "Lundi 14 Novembre 2016"
now.format("Le dd/mm/yy à hh:ii"); // Return "Le 14/11/16 à 13:37"