how to format date in Component of angular 5

Question

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())
  }


}

Answer 1

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');