Date formatting for javascript

Question

I am displaying a date which takes the following format;

Sun Feb 24 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

All what i want is Sunday February 24 2013. How could i format the above date to the format i want ?

var date = $(this).datepicker('getDate');
                  theDay = new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate());

Since you're already using the datePicker, $.datepicker.formatDate() does exactly what you wan't. — adeneo
– adeneo, Commented Feb 15, 2013 at 20:36

Garis M Suero · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-15 21:00:40Z

2

Using the DatePicker

$(this).datepicker({
    dateFormat: "DD MM d yy"
});

Example here: http://jsfiddle.net/eJseP/

Edited, by request:

<input type="text" id="myinputfield" value="" />
<script>
    $("#myinputfield").datepicker({
        dateFormat: "DD MM d yy"
    });
<script>

edited Feb 15, 2013 at 21:00

answered Feb 15, 2013 at 20:33

Garis M Suero

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Garis M Suero Over a year ago

Where do you want to display the string with the formatted date?

Garis M Suero Over a year ago

Whats the Id of your text field? if the textfield's id is "myinputfield" you should use "#myinputfield" instead of "this" when calling the function datepicker

user1315906 Over a year ago

Ok, so what you say is that i should get rid of my 2 lines (shown in the above post) and add your code instead ?

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