How do I convert JSON string date to a custom format date?

Question

Hi I would like to know how do I convert the JSON string date which comes from a response to format like "8/24/2016". I made a dateFilter.js bit it didn't work out as I expected so here's what I tried.

Here's the dateFilter.js (Actually it didn't work. Error: data recursion)

(function () {

    angular
        .module('myapp')
        .filter('date', function ($filter) {

            return function (input) {

                if (input == null) {

                    return "";
                    }
                var _date = $filter('date')(new Date(input), 'dd/MM/yyyy');

                return _date.toUpperCase();
            };
        });
})();

Here's how I get the JSON with a service (The code is not complete since I want to show how did I get the response.)

function GetEmpDetails(successcallback, failcallback) {

            var req = {
                method: 'GET',
                url: 'http://localhost:2222/api/GetEmployees/GetEmployeeDetails',
                headers: {
                    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
                }
            }
            $http(req).then(successcallback, failcallback);
        }

The controller.js

(function initController() {

    EmployeeService.GetEmpDetails(function (res) {
        $scope.employeeDetails = JSON.parse(res.data);

        //console.log(res.data);

        }
    });

And finally applying the filter to html.

<table id="basic-datatables" class="table table-striped table-bordered" cellspacing="0" width="100">
   <thead style="text-align:match-parent">
       <tr>
           <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width:195px">First Name</th>
           <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width:195px">Last Name</th>
           <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width:200px">Date Of Birth</th>
           <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width:100px">Gender</th>
           <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width:200px">Email</th>
           <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width:100px">Mobile</th>
           <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width:190px">Designation</th>
           <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width:200px">Date of Join</th>
           <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width:195px">NIC</th>
           <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width:100px">Dept. Name</th>
       </tr>
   </thead>
   <tbody>
       <tr ng-repeat="emp in employeeDetails.slice(((currentPage-1)*itemsPerPage),((currentPage)*itemsPerPage))" style="text-align:center">
           <td>{{emp.fname}}</td>
           <td>{{emp.lname}}</td>
           <td>{{emp.DOB | date}}</td> //applying the filter
           <td>{{emp.gender}}</td>
           <td>{{emp.email}}</td>
           <td>{{emp.mobile_no}}</td>
           <td>{{emp.designation}}</td>
           <td>{{emp.date_of_join | date}}</td> //applying the filter
           <td>{{emp.nic}}</td>
           <td>{{emp.department_name}}</td>
       </tr>
   </tbody>
</table> 

So how would I do this is there's any other way of conversion.

Final note: right now without the filter: 7/25/2016 12:00:00 AM want to convert to 7/25/2016

Help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Just try this code. I think this solves your problem:

<td>{{emp.DOB | dateFormat}}</td>

Angular Filter :

.filter('dateFormat', function() {
    return function(dt) {
        var dt = new Date(dt);
        return (dt.getMonth()+1)+'/'+dt.getDate()+'/'+dt.getFullYear();
    };
  })