How to Get Current Date & Time in JavaScript

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Question – How do I get the current date and time in JavaScript? How to get the date in Y-m-d format in JavaScript? How do I get time in H:i:s format in JavaScript?

This tutorial will help you to get the current date and time in JavaScript. You can also get date and time in your formats like Y-m-d and H:i:s formats.

Get Current Date & Time in JavaScript

Use Date() function to create an object in JavaScript with current date and time. This provides output in UTC timezone.

1	var today = new Date();

1. Current Date in JavaScript

Use the following script to get the current date using JavaScript in “Y-m-d” format.

1 2	var today = new Date(); var date = today.getFullYear()+'-'+(today.getMonth()+1)+'-'+today.getDate();

• getFullYear() – Provides current year like 2018.
• getMonth() – Provides current month values 0-11. Where 0 for Jan and 11 for Dec. So added +1 to get result.
• getDate() – Provides day of the month values 1-31.

2. Current Time in JavaScript

Use the following script to get the current time using JavaScript in “H:i:s” format.

1 2	var today = new Date(); var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();

• getHours() – Provides current hour between 0-23.
• getMinutes() – Provides current minutes between 0-59.
• getSeconds() – Provides current seconds between 0-59.

3. Current Date & Time Both in JavaScript

Use the following script to get the current date and time using JavaScript in “Y-m-d H:i:s” format. You can simply combine the output of the above JavaScript code in one variable as below:

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var today = new Date(); var date = today.getFullYear()+'-'+(today.getMonth()+1)+'-'+today.getDate(); var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds(); var dateTime = date+' '+time;

The dateTime variable contains result as:

2018-8-3 11:12:40