How do I format dates from Mongoose in Node.js?
A modern way to do this is to use momentjs, both usable in node and in the browser, super useful and simple to use. For the current problem I solved it like this in node after following all the docs requirements :
var moment = require('moment');var fomatted_date = moment(photo.date_published).format('YYYY-MM-DD');with photo.date_published directly coming from mongoose.
you have to create a Date object first:
var date = new Date(dateStr); // dateStr you get from mongodbvar d = date.getDate();var m = date.getMonth()+1;// ...
what about defining your schema like:
var someSchema = new Schema({ title: String, created: Date});s.t. the date is stored as a Date object in your mongoDB. As a result, when you read it back you'll have a proper Date object on which you can work with the available methods.