how to format date in Component of angular 5
I am new to angular and looking to format date in component ngOnInit method. I have seen some example where pipe operator are used to format the data but i dont know how to format date in component file.
below is code
export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit {
formatdate = 'dd/MM/yyyy';
constructor(private auth: AuthService) { }
ngOnInit() {
console.log(new Date().toISOString())
}
}
There is equally formatDate
const format = 'dd/MM/yyyy';
const myDate = '2019-06-29';
const locale = 'en-US';
const formattedDate = formatDate(myDate, format, locale);
According to the API it takes as param either a date string, a Date object, or a timestamp.
Gotcha: Out of the box, only en-US
is supported.
If you need to add another locale, you need to add it and register it in you app.module, for example for Spanish:
import { registerLocaleData } from '@angular/common';
import localeES from "@angular/common/locales/es";
registerLocaleData(localeES, "es");
Don't forget to add corresponding import:
import { formatDate } from "@angular/common";
You can find more information about the date pipe here, such as formats.
If you want to use it in your component, you can simply do
pipe = new DatePipe('en-US'); // Use your own locale
Now, you can simply use its transform method, which will be
const now = Date.now();
const myFormattedDate = this.pipe.transform(now, 'short');