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jQUERY DATE FORMAT

Hi,
I am new to jquery and need to use a date formatted in the UK style I am using var date1 = new Date(); to obtain the date and have attempted to convert the date returned 'Sat Jan 19 2013 16:52:39 GMT+0100 (W. Europe Standard Time)' to the format 'dd/mm/yy hh:mm' how to I achive this?

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David S.

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Michel Plungjan

Here is the top link in google for this FAQ
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1056728/formatting-a-date-in-javascript

it mentions moment.js which is the library to use if you don't already use jQuery UI
http://momentjs.com/

Kyle Hamilton

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title></title>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
        
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="date"></div>
        <script>
            
           ( function writeDate(){
            var date    = new Date(),
                month   = date.getMonth() + 1, // 0-11,
                day     = date.getDate(), 
                year    = date.getFullYear(),
                hour    = date.getHours(),
                minute  = date.getMinutes();
            
                year = year.toString().slice(2,4);
            
            
                var dateContainer = document.getElementById("date");
                dateContainer.innerHTML = day+"/"+month+"/"+year+" "+hour+":"+minute;
            })();
            </script>
    </body>
</html>

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Do you want to include leading 0's?

In this example the script is at the bottom of the page so you don't need an onload event. If you want to put this script at the top of your page, you'll need a window.onload event.

Kyle Hamilton

here's a version with leading 0's

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title></title>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="date"></div>
        <script>
            
           ( function writeDate(){
            var date    = new Date(),
                month   = date.getMonth() + 1, // 0-11,
                day     = date.getDate(),
                year    = date.getFullYear(),
                hour    = date.getHours(),
                minute  = date.getMinutes();
            
                year = year.toString().slice(2,4);
                
                
                month = month < 10 ? "0"+month : month;
                minute = minute < 10 ? "0"+minute : minute;
            
                var dateContainer = document.getElementById("date");
                dateContainer.innerHTML = day+"/"+month+"/"+year+" "+hour+":"+minute;
            })();
            </script>
    </body>
</html>

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JoeBo747

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Sorry I have not abandoned this post I have been travelling and will catch up tomorrow.