[javascript] Format date to MM/dd/yyyy in JavaScript

All other answers don't quite solve the issue. They print the date formatted as mm/dd/yyyy but the question was regarding MM/dd/yyyy. Notice the subtle difference? MM indicates that a leading zero must pad the month if the month is a single digit, thus having it always be a double digit number.

i.e. whereas mm/dd would be 3/31, MM/dd would be 03/31.

I've created a simple function to achieve this. Notice that the same padding is applied not only to the month but also to the day of the month, which in fact makes this MM/DD/yyyy:

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function getFormattedDate(date) {_x000D_
  var year = date.getFullYear();_x000D_
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  var month = (1 + date.getMonth()).toString();_x000D_
  month = month.length > 1 ? month : '0' + month;_x000D_
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  var day = date.getDate().toString();_x000D_
  day = day.length > 1 ? day : '0' + day;_x000D_
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  return month + '/' + day + '/' + year;_x000D_
}
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Update for ES2017 using String.padStart(), supported by all major browsers except IE.

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function getFormattedDate(date) {_x000D_
    let year = date.getFullYear();_x000D_
    let month = (1 + date.getMonth()).toString().padStart(2, '0');_x000D_
    let day = date.getDate().toString().padStart(2, '0');_x000D_
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    return month + '/' + day + '/' + year;_x000D_
}
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