How Do I Format a Date in JavaScript?

If you want to format dates using built-in methods of javascript then you can use Intl.DateTimeFormat() of javascript.

Here’s how you can format date to ’mm dd, yy’ format using Intl.DateTimeFormat():

Code:

const formatDate = (date) => {
    const options = {
      year: '2-digit',
      month: 'short',
      day: 'numeric',
    };
 
    const formatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', options);
    const parts = formatter.formatToParts(date);
 
    // Extract the formatted parts of date to rearrange them
    const month = parts.find(part => part.type === 'month').value;
    const day = parts.find(part => part.type === 'day').value;
    const year = parts.find(part => part.type === 'year').value;
 
    return `${month} ${day}, ${year}`;
}
 
const myDate = new Date(); // You can replace this with your date
const formattedDate = formatDate(myDate);
console.log(formattedDate);

Below are variety of options you can use to format date according to your requirements:

For Year:

‘numeric’: 2023
‘2-digit’: 23

For Month:

‘numeric’: 1, 2, 3, …
‘2-digit’: 01, 02, 03, …
‘narrow’: J, F, M, …
‘short’: Jan, Feb, Mar, …
‘long’: January, February, March, …

For Day:

‘numeric’: 1, 2, 3, …
‘2-digit’: 01, 02, 03, …

For Weekday:

‘narrow’: S, M, T, …
‘short’: Sun, Mon, Tue, …
‘long’: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, …

For Hour:

‘numeric’: 1, 2, 3, …
‘2-digit’: 01, 02, 03, …

For Minute:

‘numeric’: 0, 1, 2, …
‘2-digit’: 00, 01, 02, …

For Second:

‘numeric’: 0, 1, 2, …
‘2-digit’: 00, 01, 02, …

You can also use the popular moment.js library to easily format your dates.