format-date.md

.formatDate( value, pattern )

Format a date value according to the given pattern.

Important: Use .dateFormatter( pattern ) instead when formatting more then one date, for improved performance.

Parameters

value

Date instance to be formatted, eg. new Date();

pattern

See .dateFormatter( pattern ).

Example

You can use the static method Globalize.formatDate(), which uses the default locale.

Globalize.locale( "en" );
Globalize.formatDate( new Date( 2010, 10, 30, 17, 55 ), { datetime: "short" } );
// "11/30/10, 5:55 PM"

You can use the instance method .formatDate(), which uses the instance locale.

var ar = new Globalize( "ar" );
ar.formatDate( new Date( 2010, 10, 30, 17, 55 ), { datetime: "short" } );
// "٣٠‏/١١‏/٢٠١٠ ٥،٥٥ م"

Comparison between different locales.

locale	Globalize.formatDate( new Date( 2010, 10, 1, 17, 55 ), { datetime: "short" } )
en	"11/1/10, 5:55 PM"
en_GB	"01/11/2010 17:55"
zh	"10/11/1 下午5:55"
zh-u-nu-native	"一〇/一一/一 下午五:五五"
es	"1/11/10 17:55"
de	"01.11.10 17:55"
pt	"01/11/10 17:55"
ar	"١‏/١١‏/٢٠١٠ ٥،٥٥ م"