I'm currently trying to format a timestamp in JavaScript. Sadly, the result is a bit strange. This is the date I'm trying to format:
Thu May 23 2019 17:34:18 GMT+0200 (Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit)
And this is how it should looks like after formatting it:
23.05.2019
This is my code:
j = myDateString;
console.log(j.getUTCDate() + "." + j.getUTCMonth() + "." + j.getUTCFullYear());
But when I run my code, this is the result:
23.4.2019
getUTCMonth() starts from 0 (January), fix it by adding one.
console.log(j.getUTCDate() + "." + (j.getUTCMonth() + 1) + "." + j.getUTCFullYear());
Firstly, the month is off. January is 0, december is 11, so add 1 to the month. Secondly, you need a function that pads 0s to the left. Luckily, javascript comes with that.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/padStart
'5'.padStart(2,'0') outputs '05', for example
try this:
console.log(j.getUTCDate().toString().padStart(2,'0') + "." + (j.getUTCMonth() + 1).toString().padStart(2,'0') + "." + j.getUTCFullYear());
[edit] this function may not exist in older browsers, but there's a polyfill on the page I linked, and it's easy to implement yourself.