Format

Get the formatted date according to the string of tokens passed in.

To escape characters, wrap them in square brackets (e.g. [MM]).

dayjs().format();
// current date in ISO8601, without fraction seconds e.g. '2020-04-02T08:02:17-05:00'

dayjs('2019-01-25').format('[YYYYescape] YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ[Z]');
// 'YYYYescape 2019-01-25T00:00:00-02:00Z'

dayjs('2019-01-25').format('DD/MM/YYYY'); // '25/01/2019'

List of all available formats

Format	Output	Description
YY	18	Two-digit year
YYYY	2018	Four-digit year
M	1-12	The month, beginning at 1
MM	01-12	The month, 2-digits
MMM	Jan-Dec	The abbreviated month name
MMMM	January-December	The full month name
D	1-31	The day of the month
DD	01-31	The day of the month, 2-digits
d	0-6	The day of the week, with Sunday as 0
dd	Su-Sa	The min name of the day of the week
ddd	Sun-Sat	The short name of the day of the week
dddd	Sunday-Saturday	The name of the day of the week
H	0-23	The hour
HH	00-23	The hour, 2-digits
h	1-12	The hour, 12-hour clock
hh	01-12	The hour, 12-hour clock, 2-digits
m	0-59	The minute
mm	00-59	The minute, 2-digits
s	0-59	The second
ss	00-59	The second, 2-digits
SSS	000-999	The millisecond, 3-digits
Z	+05:00	The offset from UTC, ±HH:mm
ZZ	+0500	The offset from UTC, ±HHmm
A	AM PM
a	am pm
...	...	Other formats ( dependent AdvancedFormat plugin )

• More available formats Q Do k kk X x ... in plugin AdvancedFormat

Localized formats

Because preferred formatting differs based on locale, there are a few localized format tokens that can be used based on its locale.

TIP

This requires the LocalizedFormat plugin to work

dayjs.extend(LocalizedFormat);
dayjs().format('L LT');

List of localized formats

Format	English Locale	Sample Output
LT	h:mm A	8:02 PM
LTS	h:mm:ss A	8:02:18 PM
L	MM/DD/YYYY	08/16/2018
LL	MMMM D, YYYY	August 16, 2018
LLL	MMMM D, YYYY h:mm A	August 16, 2018 8:02 PM
LLLL	dddd, MMMM D, YYYY h:mm A	Thursday, August 16, 2018 8:02 PM
l	M/D/YYYY	8/16/2018
ll	MMM D, YYYY	Aug 16, 2018
lll	MMM D, YYYY h:mm A	Aug 16, 2018 8:02 PM
llll	ddd, MMM D, YYYY h:mm A	Thu, Aug 16, 2018 8:02 PM