convertDateToString.js

/**
 * Creates a simple date string from a Date object.
 * @param  {Date} dateVariable	Any date object.
 * @return {String}             String representation of date in format mm-dd-yyyy
 */
function convertDateToString(date) {
  var day = date.getDate();
  var month = date.getMonth() + 1; //Months are zero based
  var year = date.getFullYear();
  return month + "-" + day + "-" + year ;
}