[javascript] Get Locale Short Date Format using javascript

Is there anyway we can know using JavaScript the Short Date Format used in the Control Panel -> Regional and Language Settings?

I know the using the combination of following we can get the Locale Long Name format

toString()
toLocaleString()
toLocaleDateString()
toLocaleTimeString()

But there is no direct function in JavaScript like toLocaleShortDateString().

Are there any scripts available to find out what the user setting is?

Thanks.

This question is related to javascript datetime

The answer is


Slight modification to Mitali's response. To dynamically generate the language for a more localized solution.

var lang= window.navigator.userLanguage || window.navigator.language;

var date = new Date();

var options = {
   weekday: "short",
   year: "numeric",
   month: "2-digit",
   day: "numeric"
};

date.toLocaleDateString(lang, options);

new Date(YOUR_DATE_STRING).toLocaleDateString(navigator.language)

~ combination of answers of above


function getLocaleShortDateString(d)
{
    var f={"ar-SA":"dd/MM/yy","bg-BG":"dd.M.yyyy","ca-ES":"dd/MM/yyyy","zh-TW":"yyyy/M/d","cs-CZ":"d.M.yyyy","da-DK":"dd-MM-yyyy","de-DE":"dd.MM.yyyy","el-GR":"d/M/yyyy","en-US":"M/d/yyyy","fi-FI":"d.M.yyyy","fr-FR":"dd/MM/yyyy","he-IL":"dd/MM/yyyy","hu-HU":"yyyy. MM. dd.","is-IS":"d.M.yyyy","it-IT":"dd/MM/yyyy","ja-JP":"yyyy/MM/dd","ko-KR":"yyyy-MM-dd","nl-NL":"d-M-yyyy","nb-NO":"dd.MM.yyyy","pl-PL":"yyyy-MM-dd","pt-BR":"d/M/yyyy","ro-RO":"dd.MM.yyyy","ru-RU":"dd.MM.yyyy","hr-HR":"d.M.yyyy","sk-SK":"d. M. yyyy","sq-AL":"yyyy-MM-dd","sv-SE":"yyyy-MM-dd","th-TH":"d/M/yyyy","tr-TR":"dd.MM.yyyy","ur-PK":"dd/MM/yyyy","id-ID":"dd/MM/yyyy","uk-UA":"dd.MM.yyyy","be-BY":"dd.MM.yyyy","sl-SI":"d.M.yyyy","et-EE":"d.MM.yyyy","lv-LV":"yyyy.MM.dd.","lt-LT":"yyyy.MM.dd","fa-IR":"MM/dd/yyyy","vi-VN":"dd/MM/yyyy","hy-AM":"dd.MM.yyyy","az-Latn-AZ":"dd.MM.yyyy","eu-ES":"yyyy/MM/dd","mk-MK":"dd.MM.yyyy","af-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","ka-GE":"dd.MM.yyyy","fo-FO":"dd-MM-yyyy","hi-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","ms-MY":"dd/MM/yyyy","kk-KZ":"dd.MM.yyyy","ky-KG":"dd.MM.yy","sw-KE":"M/d/yyyy","uz-Latn-UZ":"dd/MM yyyy","tt-RU":"dd.MM.yyyy","pa-IN":"dd-MM-yy","gu-IN":"dd-MM-yy","ta-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","te-IN":"dd-MM-yy","kn-IN":"dd-MM-yy","mr-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","sa-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","mn-MN":"yy.MM.dd","gl-ES":"dd/MM/yy","kok-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","syr-SY":"dd/MM/yyyy","dv-MV":"dd/MM/yy","ar-IQ":"dd/MM/yyyy","zh-CN":"yyyy/M/d","de-CH":"dd.MM.yyyy","en-GB":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-MX":"dd/MM/yyyy","fr-BE":"d/MM/yyyy","it-CH":"dd.MM.yyyy","nl-BE":"d/MM/yyyy","nn-NO":"dd.MM.yyyy","pt-PT":"dd-MM-yyyy","sr-Latn-CS":"d.M.yyyy","sv-FI":"d.M.yyyy","az-Cyrl-AZ":"dd.MM.yyyy","ms-BN":"dd/MM/yyyy","uz-Cyrl-UZ":"dd.MM.yyyy","ar-EG":"dd/MM/yyyy","zh-HK":"d/M/yyyy","de-AT":"dd.MM.yyyy","en-AU":"d/MM/yyyy","es-ES":"dd/MM/yyyy","fr-CA":"yyyy-MM-dd","sr-Cyrl-CS":"d.M.yyyy","ar-LY":"dd/MM/yyyy","zh-SG":"d/M/yyyy","de-LU":"dd.MM.yyyy","en-CA":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-GT":"dd/MM/yyyy","fr-CH":"dd.MM.yyyy","ar-DZ":"dd-MM-yyyy","zh-MO":"d/M/yyyy","de-LI":"dd.MM.yyyy","en-NZ":"d/MM/yyyy","es-CR":"dd/MM/yyyy","fr-LU":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-MA":"dd-MM-yyyy","en-IE":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-PA":"MM/dd/yyyy","fr-MC":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-TN":"dd-MM-yyyy","en-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","es-DO":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-OM":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-JM":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-VE":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-YE":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-029":"MM/dd/yyyy","es-CO":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-SY":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-BZ":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-PE":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-JO":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-TT":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-AR":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-LB":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-ZW":"M/d/yyyy","es-EC":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-KW":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-PH":"M/d/yyyy","es-CL":"dd-MM-yyyy","ar-AE":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-UY":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-BH":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-PY":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-QA":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-BO":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-SV":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-HN":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-NI":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-PR":"dd/MM/yyyy","am-ET":"d/M/yyyy","tzm-Latn-DZ":"dd-MM-yyyy","iu-Latn-CA":"d/MM/yyyy","sma-NO":"dd.MM.yyyy","mn-Mong-CN":"yyyy/M/d","gd-GB":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-MY":"d/M/yyyy","prs-AF":"dd/MM/yy","bn-BD":"dd-MM-yy","wo-SN":"dd/MM/yyyy","rw-RW":"M/d/yyyy","qut-GT":"dd/MM/yyyy","sah-RU":"MM.dd.yyyy","gsw-FR":"dd/MM/yyyy","co-FR":"dd/MM/yyyy","oc-FR":"dd/MM/yyyy","mi-NZ":"dd/MM/yyyy","ga-IE":"dd/MM/yyyy","se-SE":"yyyy-MM-dd","br-FR":"dd/MM/yyyy","smn-FI":"d.M.yyyy","moh-CA":"M/d/yyyy","arn-CL":"dd-MM-yyyy","ii-CN":"yyyy/M/d","dsb-DE":"d. M. yyyy","ig-NG":"d/M/yyyy","kl-GL":"dd-MM-yyyy","lb-LU":"dd/MM/yyyy","ba-RU":"dd.MM.yy","nso-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","quz-BO":"dd/MM/yyyy","yo-NG":"d/M/yyyy","ha-Latn-NG":"d/M/yyyy","fil-PH":"M/d/yyyy","ps-AF":"dd/MM/yy","fy-NL":"d-M-yyyy","ne-NP":"M/d/yyyy","se-NO":"dd.MM.yyyy","iu-Cans-CA":"d/M/yyyy","sr-Latn-RS":"d.M.yyyy","si-LK":"yyyy-MM-dd","sr-Cyrl-RS":"d.M.yyyy","lo-LA":"dd/MM/yyyy","km-KH":"yyyy-MM-dd","cy-GB":"dd/MM/yyyy","bo-CN":"yyyy/M/d","sms-FI":"d.M.yyyy","as-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","ml-IN":"dd-MM-yy","en-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","or-IN":"dd-MM-yy","bn-IN":"dd-MM-yy","tk-TM":"dd.MM.yy","bs-Latn-BA":"d.M.yyyy","mt-MT":"dd/MM/yyyy","sr-Cyrl-ME":"d.M.yyyy","se-FI":"d.M.yyyy","zu-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","xh-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","tn-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","hsb-DE":"d. M. yyyy","bs-Cyrl-BA":"d.M.yyyy","tg-Cyrl-TJ":"dd.MM.yy","sr-Latn-BA":"d.M.yyyy","smj-NO":"dd.MM.yyyy","rm-CH":"dd/MM/yyyy","smj-SE":"yyyy-MM-dd","quz-EC":"dd/MM/yyyy","quz-PE":"dd/MM/yyyy","hr-BA":"d.M.yyyy.","sr-Latn-ME":"d.M.yyyy","sma-SE":"yyyy-MM-dd","en-SG":"d/M/yyyy","ug-CN":"yyyy-M-d","sr-Cyrl-BA":"d.M.yyyy","es-US":"M/d/yyyy"};

    var l=navigator.language?navigator.language:navigator['userLanguage'],y=d.getFullYear(),m=d.getMonth()+1,d=d.getDate();
    f=(l in f)?f[l]:"MM/dd/yyyy";
    function z(s){s=''+s;return s.length>1?s:'0'+s;}
    f=f.replace(/yyyy/,y);f=f.replace(/yy/,String(y).substr(2));
    f=f.replace(/MM/,z(m));f=f.replace(/M/,m);
    f=f.replace(/dd/,z(d));f=f.replace(/d/,d);
    return f;
}

using:

shortedDate=getLocaleShortDateString(new Date(1992, 0, 7));

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shortedDate = getLocaleShortDateString(new Date(1992, 0, 7));_x000D_
console.log(shortedDate);_x000D_
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function getLocaleShortDateString(d) {_x000D_
  var f={"ar-SA":"dd/MM/yy","bg-BG":"dd.M.yyyy","ca-ES":"dd/MM/yyyy","zh-TW":"yyyy/M/d","cs-CZ":"d.M.yyyy","da-DK":"dd-MM-yyyy","de-DE":"dd.MM.yyyy","el-GR":"d/M/yyyy","en-US":"M/d/yyyy","fi-FI":"d.M.yyyy","fr-FR":"dd/MM/yyyy","he-IL":"dd/MM/yyyy","hu-HU":"yyyy. MM. dd.","is-IS":"d.M.yyyy","it-IT":"dd/MM/yyyy","ja-JP":"yyyy/MM/dd","ko-KR":"yyyy-MM-dd","nl-NL":"d-M-yyyy","nb-NO":"dd.MM.yyyy","pl-PL":"yyyy-MM-dd","pt-BR":"d/M/yyyy","ro-RO":"dd.MM.yyyy","ru-RU":"dd.MM.yyyy","hr-HR":"d.M.yyyy","sk-SK":"d. M. yyyy","sq-AL":"yyyy-MM-dd","sv-SE":"yyyy-MM-dd","th-TH":"d/M/yyyy","tr-TR":"dd.MM.yyyy","ur-PK":"dd/MM/yyyy","id-ID":"dd/MM/yyyy","uk-UA":"dd.MM.yyyy","be-BY":"dd.MM.yyyy","sl-SI":"d.M.yyyy","et-EE":"d.MM.yyyy","lv-LV":"yyyy.MM.dd.","lt-LT":"yyyy.MM.dd","fa-IR":"MM/dd/yyyy","vi-VN":"dd/MM/yyyy","hy-AM":"dd.MM.yyyy","az-Latn-AZ":"dd.MM.yyyy","eu-ES":"yyyy/MM/dd","mk-MK":"dd.MM.yyyy","af-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","ka-GE":"dd.MM.yyyy","fo-FO":"dd-MM-yyyy","hi-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","ms-MY":"dd/MM/yyyy","kk-KZ":"dd.MM.yyyy","ky-KG":"dd.MM.yy","sw-KE":"M/d/yyyy","uz-Latn-UZ":"dd/MM yyyy","tt-RU":"dd.MM.yyyy","pa-IN":"dd-MM-yy","gu-IN":"dd-MM-yy","ta-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","te-IN":"dd-MM-yy","kn-IN":"dd-MM-yy","mr-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","sa-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","mn-MN":"yy.MM.dd","gl-ES":"dd/MM/yy","kok-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","syr-SY":"dd/MM/yyyy","dv-MV":"dd/MM/yy","ar-IQ":"dd/MM/yyyy","zh-CN":"yyyy/M/d","de-CH":"dd.MM.yyyy","en-GB":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-MX":"dd/MM/yyyy","fr-BE":"d/MM/yyyy","it-CH":"dd.MM.yyyy","nl-BE":"d/MM/yyyy","nn-NO":"dd.MM.yyyy","pt-PT":"dd-MM-yyyy","sr-Latn-CS":"d.M.yyyy","sv-FI":"d.M.yyyy","az-Cyrl-AZ":"dd.MM.yyyy","ms-BN":"dd/MM/yyyy","uz-Cyrl-UZ":"dd.MM.yyyy","ar-EG":"dd/MM/yyyy","zh-HK":"d/M/yyyy","de-AT":"dd.MM.yyyy","en-AU":"d/MM/yyyy","es-ES":"dd/MM/yyyy","fr-CA":"yyyy-MM-dd","sr-Cyrl-CS":"d.M.yyyy","ar-LY":"dd/MM/yyyy","zh-SG":"d/M/yyyy","de-LU":"dd.MM.yyyy","en-CA":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-GT":"dd/MM/yyyy","fr-CH":"dd.MM.yyyy","ar-DZ":"dd-MM-yyyy","zh-MO":"d/M/yyyy","de-LI":"dd.MM.yyyy","en-NZ":"d/MM/yyyy","es-CR":"dd/MM/yyyy","fr-LU":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-MA":"dd-MM-yyyy","en-IE":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-PA":"MM/dd/yyyy","fr-MC":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-TN":"dd-MM-yyyy","en-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","es-DO":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-OM":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-JM":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-VE":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-YE":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-029":"MM/dd/yyyy","es-CO":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-SY":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-BZ":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-PE":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-JO":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-TT":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-AR":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-LB":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-ZW":"M/d/yyyy","es-EC":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-KW":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-PH":"M/d/yyyy","es-CL":"dd-MM-yyyy","ar-AE":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-UY":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-BH":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-PY":"dd/MM/yyyy","ar-QA":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-BO":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-SV":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-HN":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-NI":"dd/MM/yyyy","es-PR":"dd/MM/yyyy","am-ET":"d/M/yyyy","tzm-Latn-DZ":"dd-MM-yyyy","iu-Latn-CA":"d/MM/yyyy","sma-NO":"dd.MM.yyyy","mn-Mong-CN":"yyyy/M/d","gd-GB":"dd/MM/yyyy","en-MY":"d/M/yyyy","prs-AF":"dd/MM/yy","bn-BD":"dd-MM-yy","wo-SN":"dd/MM/yyyy","rw-RW":"M/d/yyyy","qut-GT":"dd/MM/yyyy","sah-RU":"MM.dd.yyyy","gsw-FR":"dd/MM/yyyy","co-FR":"dd/MM/yyyy","oc-FR":"dd/MM/yyyy","mi-NZ":"dd/MM/yyyy","ga-IE":"dd/MM/yyyy","se-SE":"yyyy-MM-dd","br-FR":"dd/MM/yyyy","smn-FI":"d.M.yyyy","moh-CA":"M/d/yyyy","arn-CL":"dd-MM-yyyy","ii-CN":"yyyy/M/d","dsb-DE":"d. M. yyyy","ig-NG":"d/M/yyyy","kl-GL":"dd-MM-yyyy","lb-LU":"dd/MM/yyyy","ba-RU":"dd.MM.yy","nso-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","quz-BO":"dd/MM/yyyy","yo-NG":"d/M/yyyy","ha-Latn-NG":"d/M/yyyy","fil-PH":"M/d/yyyy","ps-AF":"dd/MM/yy","fy-NL":"d-M-yyyy","ne-NP":"M/d/yyyy","se-NO":"dd.MM.yyyy","iu-Cans-CA":"d/M/yyyy","sr-Latn-RS":"d.M.yyyy","si-LK":"yyyy-MM-dd","sr-Cyrl-RS":"d.M.yyyy","lo-LA":"dd/MM/yyyy","km-KH":"yyyy-MM-dd","cy-GB":"dd/MM/yyyy","bo-CN":"yyyy/M/d","sms-FI":"d.M.yyyy","as-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","ml-IN":"dd-MM-yy","en-IN":"dd-MM-yyyy","or-IN":"dd-MM-yy","bn-IN":"dd-MM-yy","tk-TM":"dd.MM.yy","bs-Latn-BA":"d.M.yyyy","mt-MT":"dd/MM/yyyy","sr-Cyrl-ME":"d.M.yyyy","se-FI":"d.M.yyyy","zu-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","xh-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","tn-ZA":"yyyy/MM/dd","hsb-DE":"d. M. yyyy","bs-Cyrl-BA":"d.M.yyyy","tg-Cyrl-TJ":"dd.MM.yy","sr-Latn-BA":"d.M.yyyy","smj-NO":"dd.MM.yyyy","rm-CH":"dd/MM/yyyy","smj-SE":"yyyy-MM-dd","quz-EC":"dd/MM/yyyy","quz-PE":"dd/MM/yyyy","hr-BA":"d.M.yyyy.","sr-Latn-ME":"d.M.yyyy","sma-SE":"yyyy-MM-dd","en-SG":"d/M/yyyy","ug-CN":"yyyy-M-d","sr-Cyrl-BA":"d.M.yyyy","es-US":"M/d/yyyy"};_x000D_
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  var l = navigator.language ? navigator.language : navigator['userLanguage'],_x000D_
    y = d.getFullYear(),_x000D_
    m = d.getMonth() + 1,_x000D_
    d = d.getDate();_x000D_
  f = (l in f) ? f[l] : "MM/dd/yyyy";_x000D_
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  function z(s) {_x000D_
    s = '' + s;_x000D_
    return s.length > 1 ? s : '0' + s;_x000D_
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  f = f.replace(/yyyy/, y);_x000D_
  f = f.replace(/yy/, String(y).substr(2));_x000D_
  f = f.replace(/MM/, z(m));_x000D_
  f = f.replace(/M/, m);_x000D_
  f = f.replace(/dd/, z(d));_x000D_
  f = f.replace(/d/, d);_x000D_
  return f;_x000D_
}
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If your question about <input type="date"> field, here is script for getting filed value="" attribute:

(new Date()).toISOString().split('T')[0]

You can use the Intl object (ecma-402) to get data-date-pattern="":

(new Intl.DateTimeFormat()).resolved.pattern // "M/d/y" for "en-US" in Google Chrome

And finnaly, to format date in current l10n, data-date="":

(new Intl.DateTimeFormat()).format(new Date());

Polyfill: https://github.com/andyearnshaw/Intl.js/issues/129


Found this thread while looking for a way to generate localized but short dates in all browsers without any extra library, just a simple call to format server generated ISO dates.

I went with a combination of holden321 and mwrf's answers. Storing the formats external to the function because it's handier that way and storing the current locale format because it's always useful.

The function can be passed anything that can be passed to a date constructor to get a valid date, and also a language or format for flexibility.

You need to set up the list of formats and a couple more things first:

var LOCALE_DATE_FORMATS = {
  // as per mwrf's list
  ...
}

var LANG = window.navigator.userLanguage || window.navigator.language;

var LOCALE_DATE_FORMAT = LOCALE_DATE_FORMATS[LANG] || 'dd/MM/yyyy';

Then the function is:

function getLocalizedDate(o, options)
{
    var res = '';
    var date = new Date(o);     

    if(o != null && !isNaN(date) && typeof(date.getFullYear) == 'function')
    {
        var d = date.getDate();
        var dd = d < 10 ? '0' + d : d;
        var M = date.getMonth() + 1;
        var MM = M < 10 ? '0' + M : M;
        var yyyy = date.getFullYear();
        var yy = new String(yyyy).substring(2);

        var format = LOCALE_DATE_FORMAT;

        if(options && options.lang)
            format = LOCALE_DATE_FORMATS[options.lang];
        else if(options && options.format)
            format = options.format;

        res = format
            .replace(/dd/g, dd)
            .replace(/d/g, d)
            .replace(/MM/g, MM)
            .replace(/M/g, M)
            .replace(/yyyy/g, yyyy)
            .replace(/yy/g, yy);
    }

    return res;
}

getLocalizedDate('2013-03-01T00:00:00', {lang:'sk-SK'}) = 1. 3. 2013

EDIT: Call with no arguments to use the user's locale, of course:

getLocalizedDate('2013-03-01T00:00:00') = 01/03/2013 (for me)

If you are a fan of extending prototypes, the first lines of the function definition become:

Date.prototype.getLocalized = function(options)
{
  var date = this;

Called of course like this:

new Date('2013-03-01T00:00:00').getLocalized({lang:'sk-SK'}) = 1. 3. 2013

EDIT: Again, call with no arguments to use the user's locale:

new Date('2013-03-01T00:00:00').getLocalized() = 01/03/2013 (for me)


There is no easy way. If you want a reliable, cross-browser solution, you'd have to build a lookup table of date, and time format strings, by culture. To format a date, parse the corresponding format string, extract the relevant parts from the date, i.e. day, month, year, and append them together.

This is essentially what Microsoft does with their AJAX library, as shown in @no's answer.


Try this:

new Date().toLocaleFormat("%x");

All formats for this function can be found here: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/strftime.html


Can't be done.

Cross-browser JavaScript has no way to use the actual short date format selected by the user on platforms that offer such regional customization. Besides, JavaScript has huge holes where any sort of formatting is concerned. Look how much hassle zero-padding is!

You can go to great lengths to obtain the language setting, and get the typical format for that locale. That's a lot of work when you don't even know if it's the correct locale (I'd bet that international language headers are often incorrect or not specific enough), or if the user has customized the format to something else.

You can try using client VBScript (which has functions for all of these regional formatting permutations), but that's not a good idea because it's a dying (dead?) IE-specific technology.

You can also try using Java/Flash/Silverlight to dig up the format. This is also a great deal of extra work, but may have the best chance for success. You'd want to cache it for the session to minimize the overhead.

Hopefully the HTML5 <time> element will provide some relief for i18n date/time display.


I believe you can use this one:

new Date().toLocaleDateString();

Which can accept parameters for the locale:

new Date().toLocaleDateString("en-us");
new Date().toLocaleDateString("he-il");

I see it is supported by chrome, IE, edge, although results may vary it does a pretty good job for me.


This depends on the browser's toLocaleDateString() implementation. For example in chrome you will get something like: Tuesday, January DD, YYYY


Short date patterns:

const shortDatePatterns = {
'aa-DJ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'aa-ER': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'aa-ET': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'af': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'af-NA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'af-ZA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'agq-CM': "d/M/yyyy",
'ak-GH': "yyyy/MM/dd",
'am': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'am-ET': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar': "dd/MM/yy",
'ar-001': "d/M/yyyy",
'ar-AE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar-BH': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar-DJ': "d/M/yyyy",
'ar-DZ': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'ar-EG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar-ER': "d/M/yyyy",
'ar-IL': "d/M/yyyy",
'ar-IQ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar-JO': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar-KM': "d/M/yyyy",
'ar-KW': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar-LB': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar-LY': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar-MA': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'ar-MR': "d/M/yyyy",
'ar-OM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar-PS': "d/M/yyyy",
'ar-QA': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar-SA': "dd/MM/yy",
'ar-SD': "d/M/yyyy",
'ar-SO': "d/M/yyyy",
'ar-SS': "d/M/yyyy",
'ar-SY': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ar-TD': "d/M/yyyy",
'ar-TN': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'ar-YE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'arn-CL': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'as': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'as-IN': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'asa-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ast-ES': "d/M/yyyy",
'az': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'az-Cyrl-AZ': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'az-Latn-AZ': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'ba': "dd.MM.yy",
'ba-RU': "dd.MM.yy",
'bas-CM': "d/M/yyyy",
'be': "dd.MM.yy",
'be-BY': "dd.MM.yy",
'bem-ZM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'bez-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'bg': "d.M.yyyy '?.'",
'bg-BG': "d.M.yyyy '?.'",
'bin-NG': "d/M/yyyy",
'bm': "d/M/yyyy",
'bm-Latn-ML': "d/M/yyyy",
'bn': "d/M/yyyy",
'bn-BD': "d/M/yyyy",
'bn-IN': "dd-MM-yy",
'bo': "yyyy/M/d",
'bo-CN': "yyyy/M/d",
'bo-IN': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'br': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'br-FR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'brx-IN': "M/d/yyyy",
'bs': "d.M.yyyy.",
'bs-Cyrl-BA': "d.M.yyyy",
'bs-Latn-BA': "d.M.yyyy.",
'byn-ER': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ca': "d/M/yyyy",
'ca-AD': "d/M/yyyy",
'ca-ES': "d/M/yyyy",
'ca-ES-valencia': "d/M/yyyy",
'ca-FR': "d/M/yyyy",
'ca-IT': "d/M/yyyy",
'ce-RU': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'cgg-UG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'chr-Cher-US': "M/d/yyyy",
'co': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'co-FR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'cs-CZ': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'cu': "yyyy.MM.dd",
'cu-RU': "yyyy.MM.dd",
'cy': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'cy-GB': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'da-DK': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'da-GL': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'dav-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'de': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'de-AT': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'de-BE': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'de-CH': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'de-DE': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'de-IT': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'de-LI': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'de-LU': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'dje-NE': "d/M/yyyy",
'dsb-DE': "d. M. yyyy",
'dua-CM': "d/M/yyyy",
'dv-MV': "dd/MM/yy",
'dyo-SN': "d/M/yyyy",
'dz': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'dz-BT': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'ebu-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ee': "M/d/yyyy",
'ee-GH': "M/d/yyyy",
'ee-TG': "M/d/yyyy",
'el-CY': "d/M/yyyy",
'el-GR': "d/M/yyyy",
'en-001': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-029': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-150': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-AG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-AI': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-AS': "M/d/yyyy",
'en-AT': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-AU': "d/MM/yyyy",
'en-BB': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-BE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-BI': "M/d/yyyy",
'en-BM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-BS': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-BW': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-BZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-CA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'en-CC': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-CH': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-CK': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-CM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-CX': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-CY': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-DE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-DK': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-DM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-ER': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-FI': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-FJ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-FK': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-FM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-GB': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-GD': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-GG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-GH': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-GI': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-GM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-GU': "M/d/yyyy",
'en-GY': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-HK': "d/M/yyyy",
'en-ID': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-IE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-IL': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-IM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-IN': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'en-IO': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-JE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-JM': "d/M/yyyy",
'en-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-KI': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-KN': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-KY': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-LC': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-LR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-LS': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-MG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-MH': "M/d/yyyy",
'en-MO': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-MP': "M/d/yyyy",
'en-MS': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-MT': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-MU': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-MW': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-MY': "d/M/yyyy",
'en-NA': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-NF': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-NG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-NL': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-NR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-NU': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-NZ': "d/MM/yyyy",
'en-PG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-PH': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-PK': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-PN': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-PR': "M/d/yyyy",
'en-PW': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-RW': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-SB': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-SC': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-SD': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-SE': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'en-SG': "d/M/yyyy",
'en-SH': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-SI': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-SL': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-SS': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-SX': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-SZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-TC': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-TK': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-TO': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-TT': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-TV': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-UG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-UM': "M/d/yyyy",
'en-US': "M/d/yyyy",
'en-VC': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-VG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-VI': "M/d/yyyy",
'en-VU': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-WS': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-ZA': "yyyy/MM/dd",
'en-ZM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'en-ZW': "d/M/yyyy",
'eo-001': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'es': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'es-419': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-AR': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-BO': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-BR': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-BZ': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-CL': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'es-CO': "d/MM/yyyy",
'es-CR': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-CU': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-DO': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-EC': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-ES': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'es-GQ': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-GT': "d/MM/yyyy",
'es-HN': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-MX': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'es-NI': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-PA': "MM/dd/yyyy",
'es-PE': "d/MM/yyyy",
'es-PH': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-PR': "MM/dd/yyyy",
'es-PY': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-SV': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-US': "M/d/yyyy",
'es-UY': "d/M/yyyy",
'es-VE': "d/M/yyyy",
'et': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'et-EE': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'eu-ES': "yyyy/M/d",
'ewo-CM': "d/M/yyyy",
'fa-IR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ff-CM': "d/M/yyyy",
'ff-GN': "d/M/yyyy",
'ff-Latn-SN': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ff-MR': "d/M/yyyy",
'ff-NG': "d/M/yyyy",
'fi': "d.M.yyyy",
'fi-FI': "d.M.yyyy",
'fil-PH': "M/d/yyyy",
'fo': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'fo-DK': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'fo-FO': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'fr': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-029': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-BE': "dd-MM-yy",
'fr-BF': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-BI': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-BJ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-BL': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-CA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'fr-CD': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-CF': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-CG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-CH': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'fr-CI': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-CM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-DJ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-DZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-FR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-GA': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-GF': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-GN': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-GP': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-GQ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-HT': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-KM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-LU': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-MA': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-MC': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-MF': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-MG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-ML': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-MQ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-MR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-MU': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-NC': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-NE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-PF': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-PM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-RE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-RW': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-SC': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-SN': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-SY': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-TD': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-TG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-TN': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-VU': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-WF': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fr-YT': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fur-IT': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'fy-NL': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'ga': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ga-IE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'gd': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'gd-GB': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'gl': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'gl-ES': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'gn': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'gn-PY': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'gsw-CH': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'gsw-FR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'gsw-LI': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'gu': "dd-MM-yy",
'gu-IN': "dd-MM-yy",
'guz-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'gv-IM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ha-Latn-GH': "d/M/yyyy",
'ha-Latn-NE': "d/M/yyyy",
'ha-Latn-NG': "d/M/yyyy",
'haw-US': "d/M/yyyy",
'he-IL': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'hi-IN': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'hr': "d.M.yyyy.",
'hr-BA': "d. M. yyyy.",
'hr-HR': "d.M.yyyy.",
'hsb-DE': "d.M.yyyy",
'hu': "yyyy. MM. dd.",
'hu-HU': "yyyy. MM. dd.",
'hy-AM': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'ia-001': "yyyy/MM/dd",
'ia-FR': "yyyy/MM/dd",
'ibb-NG': "d/M/yyyy",
'id': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'id-ID': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ig-NG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ii-CN': "yyyy/M/d",
'is': "d.M.yyyy",
'is-IS': "d.M.yyyy",
'it': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'it-CH': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'it-IT': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'it-SM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'it-VA': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'iu-Cans-CA': "d/M/yyyy",
'iu-Latn-CA': "d/MM/yyyy",
'ja-JP': "yyyy/MM/dd",
'jgo-CM': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'jmc-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'jv-Java-ID': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'jv-Latn-ID': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ka-GE': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'kab-DZ': "d/M/yyyy",
'kam-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'kde-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'kea-CV': "d/M/yyyy",
'khq-ML': "d/M/yyyy",
'ki': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ki-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'kk-KZ': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'kkj-CM': "dd/MM yyyy",
'kl-GL': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'kln-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'km': "dd/MM/yy",
'km-KH': "dd/MM/yy",
'kn': "dd-MM-yy",
'kn-IN': "dd-MM-yy",
'ko-KP': "yyyy. M. d.",
'ko-KR': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'kok-IN': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'kr': "d/M/yyyy",
'kr-NG': "d/M/yyyy",
'ks-Arab-IN': "M/d/yyyy",
'ks-Deva-IN': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'ksb-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ksf-CM': "d/M/yyyy",
'ksh-DE': "d. M. yyyy",
'ku-Arab-IQ': "yyyy/MM/dd",
'ku-Arab-IR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'kw': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'kw-GB': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ky': "d-MMM yy",
'ky-KG': "d-MMM yy",
'la': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'la-001': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'lag-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'lb': "dd.MM.yy",
'lb-LU': "dd.MM.yy",
'lg-UG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'lkt-US': "M/d/yyyy",
'ln-AO': "d/M/yyyy",
'ln-CD': "d/M/yyyy",
'ln-CF': "d/M/yyyy",
'ln-CG': "d/M/yyyy",
'lo-LA': "d/M/yyyy",
'lrc-IQ': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'lrc-IR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'lt': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'lt-LT': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'lu': "d/M/yyyy",
'lu-CD': "d/M/yyyy",
'luo-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'luy-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'lv': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'lv-LV': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'mas-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'mas-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'mer-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'mfe-MU': "d/M/yyyy",
'mg': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'mg-MG': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'mgh-MZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'mgo-CM': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'mi-NZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'mk': "dd.M.yyyy",
'mk-MK': "dd.M.yyyy",
'ml': "d/M/yyyy",
'ml-IN': "d/M/yyyy",
'mn': "yyyy.MM.dd",
'mn-MN': "yyyy.MM.dd",
'mn-Mong-CN': "yyyy/M/d",
'mn-Mong-MN': "yyyy/M/d",
'mni-IN': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'moh-CA': "M/d/yyyy",
'mr': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'mr-IN': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'ms': "d/MM/yyyy",
'ms-BN': "d/MM/yyyy",
'ms-MY': "d/MM/yyyy",
'ms-SG': "d/MM/yyyy",
'mt': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'mt-MT': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'mua-CM': "d/M/yyyy",
'my': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'my-MM': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'mzn-IR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'naq-NA': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'nb-NO': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'nb-SJ': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'nd-ZW': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'nds-DE': "d.MM.yyyy",
'nds-NL': "d.MM.yyyy",
'ne': "M/d/yyyy",
'ne-IN': "yyyy/M/d",
'ne-NP': "M/d/yyyy",
'nl': "d-M-yyyy",
'nl-AW': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'nl-BE': "d/MM/yyyy",
'nl-BQ': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'nl-CW': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'nl-NL': "d-M-yyyy",
'nl-SR': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'nl-SX': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'nmg-CM': "d/M/yyyy",
'nn-NO': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'nnh-CM': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'no': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'nqo-GN': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'nr': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'nr-ZA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'nso-ZA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'nus-SS': "d/MM/yyyy",
'nyn-UG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'oc-FR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'om': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'om-ET': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'om-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'or-IN': "dd-MM-yy",
'os-GE': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'os-RU': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'pa': "dd-MM-yy",
'pa-Arab-PK': "dd-MM-yy",
'pa-IN': "dd-MM-yy",
'pap-029': "d-M-yyyy",
'pl': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'pl-PL': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'prg-001': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'prs-AF': "yyyy/M/d",
'ps': "yyyy/M/d",
'ps-AF': "yyyy/M/d",
'pt': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-AO': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-BR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-CH': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-CV': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-GQ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-GW': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-LU': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-MO': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-MZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-PT': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-ST': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'pt-TL': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'quc-Latn-GT': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'quz-BO': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'quz-EC': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'quz-PE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'rm-CH': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'rn-BI': "d/M/yyyy",
'ro': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'ro-MD': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'ro-RO': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'rof-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ru': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'ru-BY': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'ru-KG': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'ru-KZ': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'ru-MD': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'ru-RU': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'ru-UA': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'rw': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'rw-RW': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'rwk-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'sa': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'sa-IN': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'sah-RU': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'saq-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'sbp-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'sd': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'sd-Arab-PK': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'sd-Deva-IN': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'se': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'se-FI': "d.M.yyyy",
'se-NO': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'se-SE': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'seh-MZ': "d/M/yyyy",
'ses-ML': "d/M/yyyy",
'sg': "d/M/yyyy",
'sg-CF': "d/M/yyyy",
'shi-Latn-MA': "d/M/yyyy",
'shi-Tfng-MA': "d/M/yyyy",
'si': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'si-LK': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'sk': "d. M. yyyy",
'sk-SK': "d. M. yyyy",
'sl': "d. MM. yyyy",
'sl-SI': "d. MM. yyyy",
'sma-NO': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'sma-SE': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'smj-NO': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'smj-SE': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'smn-FI': "d.M.yyyy",
'sms-FI': "d.M.yyyy",
'sn': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'sn-Latn-ZW': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'so': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'so-DJ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'so-ET': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'so-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'so-SO': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'sq-AL': "d.M.yyyy",
'sq-MK': "d.M.yyyy",
'sq-XK': "d.M.yyyy",
'sr': "d.M.yyyy.",
'sr-Cyrl-BA': "d.M.yyyy.",
'sr-Cyrl-ME': "d.M.yyyy.",
'sr-Cyrl-RS': "dd.MM.yyyy.",
'sr-Cyrl-XK': "d.M.yyyy.",
'sr-Latn-BA': "d.M.yyyy.",
'sr-Latn-ME': "d.M.yyyy.",
'sr-Latn-RS': "d.M.yyyy.",
'sr-Latn-XK': "d.M.yyyy.",
'ss': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'ss-SZ': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'ss-ZA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'ssy-ER': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'st': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'st-LS': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'st-ZA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'sv': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'sv-AX': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'sv-FI': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'sv-SE': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'sw-CD': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'sw-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'sw-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'sw-UG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'syr-SY': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ta-IN': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'ta-LK': "d/M/yyyy",
'ta-MY': "d/M/yyyy",
'ta-SG': "d/M/yyyy",
'te-IN': "dd-MM-yy",
'teo-KE': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'teo-UG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'tg': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'tg-Cyrl-TJ': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'th': "d/M/yyyy",
'th-TH': "d/M/yyyy",
'ti-ER': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'ti-ET': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'tig-ER': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'tk': "dd.MM.yy 'ý.'",
'tk-TM': "dd.MM.yy 'ý.'",
'tn': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'tn-BW': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'tn-ZA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'to': "d/M/yyyy",
'to-TO': "d/M/yyyy",
'tr': "d.MM.yyyy",
'tr-CY': "d.MM.yyyy",
'tr-TR': "d.MM.yyyy",
'ts-ZA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'tt': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'tt-RU': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'twq-NE': "d/M/yyyy",
'tzm-Arab-MA': "d/M/yyyy",
'tzm-Latn-DZ': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'tzm-Latn-MA': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'tzm-Tfng-MA': "dd-MM-yyyy",
'ug': "yyyy-M-d",
'ug-CN': "yyyy-M-d",
'uk-UA': "dd.MM.yyyy",
'ur-IN': "d/M/yy",
'ur-PK': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'uz': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'uz-Arab-AF': "dd/MM yyyy",
'uz-Cyrl-UZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'uz-Latn-UZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'vai-Latn-LR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'vai-Vaii-LR': "dd/MM/yyyy",
've': "yyyy-MM-dd",
've-ZA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'vi': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'vi-VN': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'vo-001': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'vun-TZ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'wae-CH': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'wal-ET': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'wo-SN': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'xh-ZA': "yyyy-MM-dd",
'xog-UG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'yav-CM': "d/M/yyyy",
'yi-001': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'yo-BJ': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'yo-NG': "dd/MM/yyyy",
'zgh-Tfng-MA': "d/M/yyyy",
'zh-CN': "yyyy/M/d",
'zh-Hans-HK': "d/M/yyyy",
'zh-Hans-MO': "d/M/yyyy",
'zh-HK': "d/M/yyyy",
'zh-MO': "d/M/yyyy",
'zh-SG': "d/M/yyyy",
'zh-TW': "yyyy/M/d",
'zu-ZA': "M/d/yyyy",
};

How about:

// pass in a localeAbbv string to get the format for a specific locale,
// otherwise the browser's default localte will be used
function getLocaleShortDateFormat(localeAbbv?: string) {
    return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(Intl.DateTimeFormat(localeAbbv).resolvedOptions().locale)
        .format(new Date(2021, 0, 2))
        .replace(/0?1/, "MM").replace(/0?2/, "DD").replace(/(?:20)?21/, "YYYY");
}

This is just taking a known date (2 Jan 2021), formatting it using the current locale, and then replacing the known values (2021=year, 1=month, 2=day) with the appropriate date strings.

This uses standards-compliant method calls and I think should work in all modern(ish) browsers.

Actually I think it's better to use "-" instead of "/" for separating the components of the date when formatting dates for displaying to users. Couple of reasons for this: 1) it provides better UX in that it's easier to discern the components because "-" is not as tall as the numbers so the breaks between the date components stand out better, and 2) it's closer to the ISO 8601 format, which uses dashes between the date components. To do this, just add another .replace(/\//g, "-") to the chain.


I don't know of a way to do that (you can get the language and try to deduct the locale from that).

I tried to cook a little something to try and do that (only tested on Firefox with one locale). should work as long as the short date string includes the date as digits, so it might fail for, say, arabic. It might have other bugs too, i don't know all the different locales peculiarities, this is just a concept...

function getShortDateFormat() {
    var d = new Date(1992, 0, 7);
    var s = d.toLocaleDateString();

    function formatReplacer(str) {
        var num = parseInt(str);
        switch (num % 100) {
            case 92:
                return str.replace(/.{1}/g, "Y");
            case 1:
                return str.length == 1 ? "mM" : "MM"
            case 7:
                return str.length == 1 ? "dD" : "DD"
        }
    }

    shortDateFormat = s.replace(/\d+/g, formatReplacer);
    return shortDateFormat;
}

getShortDateFormat();

The outputted format will be:

  • Y: the number of digits to represent years
  • dD = short day (i.e. use only one digit when possible)
  • DD = long day format (i.e. two digits always)
  • mM/MM - same for months

So in my browser, the shortDateformat you get is "MM/DD/YYYY".


Try to use Date.CultureInfo.formatPatterns.shortDate


I think this is the best way to do it...

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    var date = new Date();

    var options = {
        weekday: "short",
        year: "numeric",
        month: "2-digit",
        day: "numeric"
    };

console.log(
    date.toLocaleDateString("en", options) //en is language option, you may specify..
);
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More Options and their examples....

Option          Values          Sample output
----------------------------------------------------
weekday         'narrow'        'M'
                'short'         'Mon'
                'long'          'Monday'

year            '2-digit'       '01'
                'numeric'       '2001'

month           '2-digit'       '01'
                'numeric'       '1'
                'narrow'        'J'
                'short'         'Jan'
                'long'          'January'

day             '2-digit'       '01'
                'numeric'       '1'

hour            '2-digit'       '12 AM'
                'numeric'       '12 AM'

minute          '2-digit'       '0'
                'numeric'       '0'

second          '2-digit'       '0'
                'numeric'       '0'

timeZoneName    'short'         '1/1/2001 GMT+00:00'
                'long'          '1/1/2001 GMT+00:00'

function getLocaleDateString() {
  const formats = {
    "af-ZA": "yyyy/MM/dd",
    "am-ET": "d/M/yyyy",
    "ar-AE": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ar-BH": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ar-DZ": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "ar-EG": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ar-IQ": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ar-JO": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ar-KW": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ar-LB": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ar-LY": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ar-MA": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "ar-OM": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ar-QA": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ar-SA": "dd/MM/yy",
    "ar-SY": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ar-TN": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "ar-YE": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "arn-CL": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "as-IN": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "az-Cyrl-AZ": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "az-Latn-AZ": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "ba-RU": "dd.MM.yy",
    "be-BY": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "bg-BG": "dd.M.yyyy",
    "bn-BD": "dd-MM-yy",
    "bn-IN": "dd-MM-yy",
    "bo-CN": "yyyy/M/d",
    "br-FR": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "bs-Cyrl-BA": "d.M.yyyy",
    "bs-Latn-BA": "d.M.yyyy",
    "ca-ES": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "co-FR": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "cs-CZ": "d.M.yyyy",
    "cy-GB": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "da-DK": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "de-AT": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "de-CH": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "de-DE": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "de-LI": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "de-LU": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "dsb-DE": "d. M. yyyy",
    "dv-MV": "dd/MM/yy",
    "el-GR": "d/M/yyyy",
    "en-029": "MM/dd/yyyy",
    "en-AU": "d/MM/yyyy",
    "en-BZ": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "en-CA": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "en-GB": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "en-IE": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "en-IN": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "en-JM": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "en-MY": "d/M/yyyy",
    "en-NZ": "d/MM/yyyy",
    "en-PH": "M/d/yyyy",
    "en-SG": "d/M/yyyy",
    "en-TT": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "en-US": "M/d/yyyy",
    "en-ZA": "yyyy/MM/dd",
    "en-ZW": "M/d/yyyy",
    "es-AR": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-BO": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-CL": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "es-CO": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-CR": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-DO": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-EC": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-ES": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-GT": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-HN": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-MX": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-NI": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-PA": "MM/dd/yyyy",
    "es-PE": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-PR": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-PY": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-SV": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-US": "M/d/yyyy",
    "es-UY": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "es-VE": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "et-EE": "d.MM.yyyy",
    "eu-ES": "yyyy/MM/dd",
    "fa-IR": "MM/dd/yyyy",
    "fi-FI": "d.M.yyyy",
    "fil-PH": "M/d/yyyy",
    "fo-FO": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "fr-BE": "d/MM/yyyy",
    "fr-CA": "yyyy-MM-dd",
    "fr-CH": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "fr-FR": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "fr-LU": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "fr-MC": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "fy-NL": "d-M-yyyy",
    "ga-IE": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "gd-GB": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "gl-ES": "dd/MM/yy",
    "gsw-FR": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "gu-IN": "dd-MM-yy",
    "ha-Latn-NG": "d/M/yyyy",
    "he-IL": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "hi-IN": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "hr-BA": "d.M.yyyy.",
    "hr-HR": "d.M.yyyy",
    "hsb-DE": "d. M. yyyy",
    "hu-HU": "yyyy. MM. dd.",
    "hy-AM": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "id-ID": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ig-NG": "d/M/yyyy",
    "ii-CN": "yyyy/M/d",
    "is-IS": "d.M.yyyy",
    "it-CH": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "it-IT": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "iu-Cans-CA": "d/M/yyyy",
    "iu-Latn-CA": "d/MM/yyyy",
    "ja-JP": "yyyy/MM/dd",
    "ka-GE": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "kk-KZ": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "kl-GL": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "km-KH": "yyyy-MM-dd",
    "kn-IN": "dd-MM-yy",
    "ko-KR": "yyyy-MM-dd",
    "kok-IN": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "ky-KG": "dd.MM.yy",
    "lb-LU": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "lo-LA": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "lt-LT": "yyyy.MM.dd",
    "lv-LV": "yyyy.MM.dd.",
    "mi-NZ": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "mk-MK": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "ml-IN": "dd-MM-yy",
    "mn-MN": "yy.MM.dd",
    "mn-Mong-CN": "yyyy/M/d",
    "moh-CA": "M/d/yyyy",
    "mr-IN": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "ms-BN": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ms-MY": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "mt-MT": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "nb-NO": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "ne-NP": "M/d/yyyy",
    "nl-BE": "d/MM/yyyy",
    "nl-NL": "d-M-yyyy",
    "nn-NO": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "nso-ZA": "yyyy/MM/dd",
    "oc-FR": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "or-IN": "dd-MM-yy",
    "pa-IN": "dd-MM-yy",
    "pl-PL": "yyyy-MM-dd",
    "prs-AF": "dd/MM/yy",
    "ps-AF": "dd/MM/yy",
    "pt-BR": "d/M/yyyy",
    "pt-PT": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "qut-GT": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "quz-BO": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "quz-EC": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "quz-PE": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "rm-CH": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ro-RO": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "ru-RU": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "rw-RW": "M/d/yyyy",
    "sa-IN": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "sah-RU": "MM.dd.yyyy",
    "se-FI": "d.M.yyyy",
    "se-NO": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "se-SE": "yyyy-MM-dd",
    "si-LK": "yyyy-MM-dd",
    "sk-SK": "d. M. yyyy",
    "sl-SI": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sma-NO": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "sma-SE": "yyyy-MM-dd",
    "smj-NO": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "smj-SE": "yyyy-MM-dd",
    "smn-FI": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sms-FI": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sq-AL": "yyyy-MM-dd",
    "sr-Cyrl-BA": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sr-Cyrl-CS": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sr-Cyrl-ME": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sr-Cyrl-RS": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sr-Latn-BA": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sr-Latn-CS": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sr-Latn-ME": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sr-Latn-RS": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sv-FI": "d.M.yyyy",
    "sv-SE": "yyyy-MM-dd",
    "sw-KE": "M/d/yyyy",
    "syr-SY": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "ta-IN": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "te-IN": "dd-MM-yy",
    "tg-Cyrl-TJ": "dd.MM.yy",
    "th-TH": "d/M/yyyy",
    "tk-TM": "dd.MM.yy",
    "tn-ZA": "yyyy/MM/dd",
    "tr-TR": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "tt-RU": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "tzm-Latn-DZ": "dd-MM-yyyy",
    "ug-CN": "yyyy-M-d",
    "uk-UA": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "ur-PK": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "uz-Cyrl-UZ": "dd.MM.yyyy",
    "uz-Latn-UZ": "dd/MM yyyy",
    "vi-VN": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "wo-SN": "dd/MM/yyyy",
    "xh-ZA": "yyyy/MM/dd",
    "yo-NG": "d/M/yyyy",
    "zh-CN": "yyyy/M/d",
    "zh-HK": "d/M/yyyy",
    "zh-MO": "d/M/yyyy",
    "zh-SG": "d/M/yyyy",
    "zh-TW": "yyyy/M/d",
    "zu-ZA": "yyyy/MM/dd",
  };

  return formats[navigator.language] || "dd/MM/yyyy";
}

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/DateTimeFormat

The Intl.DateTimeFormat object is a constructor for objects that enable language sensitive date and time formatting.

var date = new Date(2014, 11, 31, 12, 30, 0);

var formatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("ru");
console.log( formatter.format(date) ); // 31.12.2014

var formatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-US");

console.log(formatter.format(date)); // 12/31/2014

format of your current zone :

console.log(new Intl.DateTimeFormat(Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().locale).
format(new Date()))

Using en-CA as an example, if you're using date-fns:

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  import { enCA } from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/date-fns/locale';
  console.log(enCA.formatLong.date({width:'short'}))
  // yyyy-MM-dd
</script>
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Source: https://github.com/date-fns/date-fns/blob/master/src/locale/en-CA/_lib/formatLong/index.js

For CLDR & Paul Irish:

import locale from 'cldr-dates-modern/main/en-CA/ca-gregorian.json'
console.log(locale.main['en-CA'].dates.calendars.gregorian.dateFormats.short)
// y-MM-dd

Source: https://github.com/unicode-cldr/cldr-dates-modern/blob/master/main/en-CA/ca-gregorian.json