Date toLocaleDateString in node

Question

When I use toLocaleDateString in browser it returns

n = new Date()
n.toLocaleDateString()
"2/10/2013"

but in node.js the format is completely different

n = new Date()
> n.toLocaleDateString()
'Sunday, February 10, 2013'

How to get the browser's format (mm/dd/yy) in node.js?

Answer 1

Date.prototype.toLocaleDateString = function () {
  var d = new Date();
  return (d.getMonth() + 1) + "/" + d.getDate() + "/" + d.getFullYear();
};

Answer 2

in node.JS you can not get browser's format. Node.JS runs on Server-side.

You have to do date formatting before displaying it in browser at your client side JS framework.