change new date format

Question

I am trying to get today's date with some specific format:

var d = new Date();
var curr_year = d.getFullYear();
var curr_Month = d.getMonth();
var curr_date = d.getDate();
var todayDate =   (curr_year +"/"+curr_Month +"/"+ curr_date );

This is not working. What is the proper way of changing my date's format?

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1056728/formatting-a-date-in-javascript — Rich O'Kelly, Nov 23 '11 at 12:39
I love js, but always I have to admit this is easily one of the least intuitive parts of the entire language. — J. Holmes, Nov 23 '11 at 12:42

James Hill · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-23T12:54:44.347

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In JavaScript, the months are zero based. For example:

January = 0

February = 1

...

Simply add one to your month:

var d = new Date();
var curr_year = d.getFullYear();
var curr_Month = d.getMonth() + 1; // +1 to zero based month
var curr_date = d.getDate();
var todayDate =   (curr_year +"/"+curr_Month+"/"+ curr_date );

Here's a working fiddle.

edited Nov 23 '11 at 12:54

answered Nov 23 '11 at 12:40

James Hill

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Adding +1 solved the problem , but i am surprised if my system date is less than november it works fine , but if my system date is november or december it doesnt work.. – junaidp Nov 23 '11 at 13:06

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '11 at 12:40

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var curr_Month = d.getMonth() + 1; //months are zero based

answered Nov 23 '11 at 12:40

Haim Evgi

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