AngularJs: format current date inside the controller

Question

THE SITUATION:

Inside the controller i need to get the current date in order to compare it with other data.

The code is pretty simple:

var today = new Date();

In this way i get the current date in this exact format:

2015-12-24T12:03:58.170Z

I need to format it in order to keep only year-month-day (yyyy-MM-dd)

I know how to format the date in the view but i don't know how to do it inside the controller.

THE QUESTION:

How can i format the current date inside the controller?

Thank you!

Dmitri Pavlutin · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-24 12:16:57Z

4

You need to instantiate the date filter in your controller:

function YourController($scope, $filter) {
  var today = new Date();
  var formattedDate = $filter('date')(today, 'yyyy-MM-dd');
}

answered Dec 24, 2015 at 12:16

Dmitri Pavlutin

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