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JS Date object - return human readable string without time

rated 0 times [ 23] [ 5] / answers: 1 / hits: 42494 / 10 Years ago, tue, july 15, 2014, 12:00:00

I'm working with a string of data in this format: mm-dd-yy. I convert this to a Date object in this way:

var dateData, dateObject, dateReadable, dateSplit, year, month, day;



dateData = 07-21-14; //For example



dateSplit = dateData.split('-');



month = dateSplit[0] - 1;

day = dateSplit[1];

year = 20 + dateSplit[2];



dateObject = new Date(year, month, day);



dateReadable = dateObject.toUTCString(); //Returns Mon, 21 Jul 2014 04:00:00 GMT

I would like to return the date (Mon, 21 Jul 2014) without the time (04:00:00 GMT). Is there a different method that will do so? Or a way of calling .toUTCString() to return the date without the time?

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answered 10 Years ago harleyaleenag · Accepted Answer

I believe you want .toDateString() or .toLocaleDateString()

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_todatestring.asp

In fact, you should also look at Date.parse():

var dateData, dateObject, dateReadable;



dateData = 07-21-14; //For example



dateObject = new Date(Date.parse(dateData));



dateReadable = dateObject.toDateString();