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JavaScript Trying to figure out date display in JS

Edrol97

Edrol97

Silver Coder
Hi all,

Got a page on my site that I want to display today's date on. Currently i have this code:

HTML: 
  <span class="date"></span>
<script>
  const today = new Date();
  const formattedDate = today.toDateString();
  document.getElementById("date").textContent = formattedDate;
</script>

I don't think it's right because I've ran it and it doesn't display the date despite styling the class date. Does anyone know how I could implement this?
 
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I don't know if you intentionally split the code so wide and into two different variables, but you can also do the same with a simple one-line code snippet.
JavaScript: 
<script>document.getElementById("date").textContent = new Date().toDateString();</script>
 
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EkBass said:
I don't know if you intentionally split the code so wide and into two different variables, but you can also do the same with a simple one-line code snippet.
JavaScript: 
<script>document.getElementById("date").textContent = new Date().toDateString();</script>
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How would I display the full date from this, i.e. Sunday September 29 2024?
 
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Play Snayk 3+, higher dimensional snake game?
You need to use toLocaleDateString then.

You can specify that you want the full weekday name (weekday: 'long'), full month name (month: 'long')

HTML: 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Full Date Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Welcome to the Full Date Display Page</h1>
    
    <p>Today's date is: <span id="date"></span></p>
    
    <script>
        const options = { weekday: 'long', year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' };
        document.getElementById("date").textContent = new Date().toLocaleDateString('en-US', options);
    </script>
</body>
</html>

You can more info from w3schools - toLocaleDateString()
 
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