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Format a javascript date as a string, based on a format string
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/** | |
* Format date as a string | |
* @param Date date a date object (usually "new Date();") | |
* @param string format a string format, eg. "DD-MM-YYYY" | |
*/ | |
function dateFormat(date, format) { | |
// Calculate date parts and replace instances in format string accordingly | |
// Hint: Months are zero-based | |
// Date | |
format = format.replace("DD", leadingZeroInt(date.getDate())); | |
format = format.replace("D", date.getDate()); | |
format = format.replace("MM", leadingZeroInt(date.getMonth() + 1)); | |
format = format.replace("M", (date.getMonth() + 1)); | |
format = format.replace("YYYY", date.getFullYear()); | |
// Time | |
format = format.replace("hh", leadingZeroInt(date.getHours())); | |
format = format.replace("h", date.getHours()); | |
format = format.replace("mm", leadingZeroInt(date.getMinutes())); | |
format = format.replace("m", date.getMinutes()); | |
format = format.replace("ss", leadingZeroInt(date.getSeconds())); | |
format = format.replace("s", date.getSeconds()); | |
// Return value | |
return (format.indexOf("NaN") != -1) ? date : format; | |
} |
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