Trouble with Javascript Date

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I know my attempt it terrible, but this is what I got. I'm trying to get the current date to display in this fashion: Monday, 19 February 2018. Can anyone fix this mess into a working Javascript code?

var dayname = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");

var monthname = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November", "December");

var d=new Date();
var today = dayname[d.getDay()] + ", " + d.getDate() + " " + monthname[d.getMonth()] + " " + d.getFullYear();
document.getElementById('currentdate").innerHTML = today;

Possible duplicate of Where can I find documentation on formatting a date in JavaScript? — Herohtar
– Herohtar, Commented Feb 19, 2018 at 6:24
syntax error, replace this ('currentdate") with ("currentdate"). — Rajath M S
– Rajath M S, Commented Feb 19, 2018 at 6:26
careful... getMonths() starts at zero, getDays() starts at 1.... — Pac0
– Pac0, Commented Feb 19, 2018 at 14:02

void · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-19 06:26:21Z

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You have syntax error here 'currentdate" either use all "" or '' otherwise your code is working just fine...

var dayname = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");

var monthname = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November", "December");

var d=new Date();
var today = dayname[d.getDay()] + ", " + d.getDate() + " " + monthname[d.getMonth()] + " " + d.getFullYear();
document.getElementById('currentdate').innerHTML = today;
// Put a ' instead of "                 ^ here

<div id="currentdate"></div>

The approach I would suggest you here is to still use moment.js

var date = moment().format("dddd, Do MMMM YYYY");
console.log(date);

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.20.1/moment.min.js"></script>

edited Feb 19, 2018 at 6:26

answered Feb 19, 2018 at 6:23

void

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void Over a year ago

@brk yea I was editing my answer to give him the moment.js approach.. :)

Atul Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-19 06:23:37Z

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var dayname = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");

var monthname = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November", "December");

var d=new Date();
var today = dayname[d.getDay()] + ", " + d.getDate() + " " + monthname[d.getMonth()] + " " + d.getFullYear();
document.getElementById("currentdate").innerHTML = today;

<span id="currentdate"></span>

document.getElementById('currentdate") this is the problem. you have used one ' and "

answered Feb 19, 2018 at 6:23

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