How to get 2 digit year w Javascript

Question

I am trying to find some javascript code that will write the current date in this format  mmddyy  Everything I have found uses 4 digit years and I need 2 digit

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//pull the last two digits of the year_x000D_
//logs to console_x000D_
//creates a new date object (has the current date and time by default)_x000D_
//gets the full year from the date object (currently 2017)_x000D_
//converts the variable to a string_x000D_
//gets the substring backwards by 2 characters (last two characters)    _x000D_
console.log(new Date().getFullYear().toString().substr(-2));

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Formatting Full Date Time Example (MMddyy): jsFiddle

JavaScript:

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//A function for formatting a date to MMddyy_x000D_
function formatDate(d)_x000D_
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    //get the month_x000D_
    var month = d.getMonth();_x000D_
    //get the day_x000D_
    //convert day to string_x000D_
    var day = d.getDate().toString();_x000D_
    //get the year_x000D_
    var year = d.getFullYear();_x000D_
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    //pull the last two digits of the year_x000D_
    year = year.toString().substr(-2);_x000D_
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    //increment month by 1 since it is 0 indexed_x000D_
    //converts month to a string_x000D_
    month = (month + 1).toString();_x000D_
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    //if month is 1-9 pad right with a 0 for two digits_x000D_
    if (month.length === 1)_x000D_
    {_x000D_
        month = "0" + month;_x000D_
    }_x000D_
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    //if day is between 1-9 pad right with a 0 for two digits_x000D_
    if (day.length === 1)_x000D_
    {_x000D_
        day = "0" + day;_x000D_
    }_x000D_
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    //return the string "MMddyy"_x000D_
    return month + day + year;_x000D_
}_x000D_
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var d = new Date();_x000D_
console.log(formatDate(d));

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User · Answer

var d   new Date    var n   d getFullYear      Yes  n will give you the 4 digit year  but you can always use substring or something similar to split up the year  thus giving you only two digits   var final   n toString   substring 2     This will give you the last two digits of the year  2013 will become 13  etc      If there s a better way  hopefully someone posts it  This is the only way I can think of  Let us know if it works

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var currentYear     new Date    getFullYear       var twoLastDigits   currentYear 100   var formatedTwoLastDigits        if  twoLastDigits  lt 10         formatedTwoLastDigits    0    twoLastDigits    else       formatedTwoLastDigits        twoLastDigits

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Given a date object   date getFullYear   toString   substr 2 2     It returns the number as string  If you want it as integer just wrap it inside the parseInt   function   var twoDigitsYear   parseInt date getFullYear   toString   substr 2 2   10     Example with the current year in one line   var twoDigitsCurrentYear   parseInt new Date   getFullYear   toString   substr 2 2

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another version   var yy    new Date   getFullYear       slice -2

[javascript] How to get 2 digit year w/ Javascript?

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Formatting Full Date Time Example (MMddyy): jsFiddle

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