How to get current formatted date dd mm yyyy in Javascript and append it to an input

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I would like to add a current date to a hidden HTML tag so that it can be sent to the server    lt input type  hidden  id  DATE  name  DATE  value  WOULD LIKE TO ADD DATE HERE  gt    How can I add a formatted date to the VALUE attribute

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You edit an element s value by editing it s  value property   document getElementById  DATE   value    New Value

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By using the value attribute   var today   new Date    document getElementById  DATE   value    today

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const monthNames     quot January quot    quot February quot    quot March quot    quot April quot    quot May quot    quot June quot            quot July quot    quot August quot    quot September quot    quot October quot    quot November quot    quot December quot        const dateObj   new Date        const month   monthNames dateObj getMonth         const day   String dateObj getDate    padStart 2   0        const year   dateObj getFullYear        const output   month      n   day          year       document querySelector   date   textContent   output

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Use the DOM s getElementByid method   document getElementById  DATE   value    your date    A date can be made with the Date class   d   new Date      Protip  install a javascript console such as in Chrome or Firefox  Firebug extension  It enables you to play with the DOM and Javascript

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To get current date time in javascript   var date   new Date      If you need milliseconds for easy server-side interpretation use  var value   date getTime      For formatting dates into a user readable string see this  Then just write to hidden field   document getElementById  DATE   value   value

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lt input type  hidden  id  date   gt   lt script gt document getElementById  date   value   new Date   toJSON   slice 0 10  lt  script gt

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I honestly suggest that you use moment js  Just download moment min js and then use this snippet to get your date in whatever format you want    lt script gt    document  ready function              set an element          date   val  moment   format  MMM D  YYYY               set a variable      var today   moment   format  D MMM  YYYY          lt  script gt    Use following chart for date formats

[javascript] How to get current formatted date dd/mm/yyyy in Javascript and append it to an input

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