[node.js] How can I get date in application run by node.js?

Do I have to manually run date command using child_process and fetch the result from it to get the date? Is there any other way using node?

NodeJS (and newer browsers) have a nice shortcut to get the current time in milliseconds.

var timeInMss = Date.now()

Which has a performance boost compared with

var timeInMss = new Date().getTime()

Because you do not need to create a new object.

GMT -03:00 Example

new Date(new Date()-3600*1000*3).toISOString();

To create a new Date object in node.js, or JavaScript in general, just call it’s initializer

var d = new Date();

var d = new Date(dateString);

var d = new Date(jsonDate);

var d = new Date(year, month, day);

var d = new Date(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond);

Remember that Date objects can only be instantiated by calling Date or using it as a constructor; unlike other JavaScript object types, Date objects have no literal syntax

Node.js is a server side JS platform build on V8 which is chrome java-script runtime.

It leverages the use of java-script on servers too.

You can use JS Date() function or Date class.

You would use the javascript date object:

MDN documentation for the Date object

var d = new Date();