I need to express a Date as a String with the exact format format:

 2015-01-20   

I see there is an date.toIsoFormatString() but not sure where or how to provide the format shown above.

 Here is my code:

 var future = new Date();
 future.setDate(future.getDate() + 30);
 console.log(future);

Now I want future.toString() or future.toIsoFormatString() to display the date in just the YYYY-MM-DD format.

I need to express a Date as a String with the exact format format:

 2015-01-20   

I see there is an date.toIsoFormatString() but not sure where or how to provide the format shown above.

 Here is my code:

 var future = new Date();
 future.setDate(future.getDate() + 30);
 console.log(future);

Now I want future.toString() or future.toIsoFormatString() to display the date in just the YYYY-MM-DD format.

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• 2 And any of these answers or the documentation couldn't solve your problem? – Teemu Commented Jan 30, 2015 at 22:51
• No Teemu. No console.log(future.toString('yyyy-MM-dd')); taken directly from this answer yields: Sun Mar 01 2015 15:01:59 GMT-0800 (PST), but if you can think of an answer please post it. – Get Smarter Commented Jan 30, 2015 at 23:03
• No? Just keep digging ... ; ) – Teemu Commented Jan 30, 2015 at 23:06
• www.stackoverflow. --> www.justkeepdigging. ? :) – Get Smarter Commented Jan 30, 2015 at 23:12
• Guess I've had too much Vodka ... – Get Smarter Commented Jan 30, 2015 at 23:14

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IE>8 and all other updated browsers can do this natively-

new Date().toISOString().slice(0,10);

You can use momentJs library for formated date.

Example without momentJs :

 myDate = new Date();
 myDate.getFullYear() + "-" + (myDate.getMonth()+1) + "-" + myDate.getDate() // 2015-1-31

Example with momentJs :

moment().format("YYYY-MM-DD") // 2015-01-31

MomentJs have many others useful function