format | /datetime/mod.ts | std@0.216.0

function format

import { format } from "https://deno.land/std@0.216.0/datetime/mod.ts";

format(

date: Date,

formatString: string,

options?: FormatOptions,

): string

Takes an input date and a formatString to format to a string.

Examples

Example 1

import { format } from "https://deno.land/std@0.216.0/datetime/format.ts";

format(new Date(2019, 0, 20), "dd-MM-yyyy"); // output : "20-01-2019"
format(new Date(2019, 0, 20), "yyyy-MM-dd"); // output : "2019-01-20"
format(new Date(2019, 0, 20), "dd.MM.yyyy"); // output : "20.01.2019"
format(new Date(2019, 0, 20, 16, 34), "MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm"); // output : "01-20-2019 16:34"
format(new Date(2019, 0, 20, 16, 34), "MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm a"); // output : "01-20-2019 04:34 PM"
format(new Date(2019, 0, 20, 16, 34), "HH:mm MM-dd-yyyy"); // output : "16:34 01-20-2019"
format(new Date(2019, 0, 20, 16, 34, 23, 123), "MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS"); // output : "01-20-2019 16:34:23.123"
format(new Date(2019, 0, 20), "'today:' yyyy-MM-dd"); // output : "today: 2019-01-20"
format(new Date("2019-01-20T16:34:23:123-05:00"), "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", { utc: true });
// output : "2019-01-20 21:34:23"

Parameters

date: Date

The date to be formatted.

formatString: string

The date time string format.

optional

options: FormatOptions = [UNSUPPORTED]

The options to customize the formatting of the date.

Returns

string

The formatted date string.