How to change date format using jQuery/Javascript?

Question

Today I want to transfrom date into different format using jQuery/Javascript :

$date = '2013-04-01T19:45:11.000Z'
$cool = date('Y-m-d',strtotime($date));

How can I do that (PHP) in jQuery/Javascript ?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You need a date in such format for javascript Sun, 01 Sep 13 08:06:57 +0000 So in PHP you need to do something like this

date_default_timezone_set('Australia/Perth');
echo date('D, d M y H:i:s')." +0000";

And you can experiment with jQuery to check it

$.get('dateformat.php', function(data) {
  date = new Date(data);
  console.log(date);  
});

Then you could format a date as you wish

Example for formatting date object on your own:

$.date = function(dateObj) {
    var d = new Date(dateObj);
    var day = d.getDate();
    var month = d.getMonth() + 1;
    var year = d.getFullYear();

    if (month < 10) {
        month = "0" + month;
    }
    return year + "." + month + "." + day;
};

A jquery plugin to help you format a date similar to php

https://github.com/phstc/jquery-dateFormat

You can use it to apply a format like this

$.format.date("2009-12-18 10:54:50.546", "Test: dd/MM/yyyy")

I think that's it.

Answer 2

Use the javascript date object.

<script>
  var date = new Date('2013-04-01T19:45:11.000Z');
  var day = date.getDate();
  var month = date.getMonth();
  var year = date.getFullYear();

  document.write(year + '-' + month + '-' + day);
</script>

Answer 3

If you're aiming for newer browsers, then you can parse it directly in JavaScript like fujy or LeGrande showed. But when you do, understand that the UTC date you passed will be converted to the local time zone of the browser.

If you want more flexibility, and full browser compatibility, then you should use a library like moment.js.

// Parse it to a moment
var m = moment("2013-04-01T19:45:11.000Z");

// Format it in local time in whatever format you want
var s = m.format("YYYY-MM-DD  HH:mm:ss")

// Or treat it as UTC and then format it
var s = m.utc().format("YYYY-MM-DD  HH:mm:ss")

Answer 4

JavaScript is smart enough to accept dates in different format

var d1 = new Date('2013-04-01T19:45:11.000Z');