JavaScript code for get a string MM/dd/yyyy from a Date

In JavaScript, there is no easy way to get a string as “MM/dd/yyyy” from a Date type. Here is little helper function for it:

   1: function getDateString(dateInput) {

   2:     var dDate = new Date(dateInput);

   3:     var sDay = dDate.getDate();

   4:     var sMonth = dDate.getMonth()+1;

   5:     var sYear = dDate.getYear();

   6:     var sDate = sMonth+'/'+sDay+'/'+sYear;

   7:     return sDate;

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   9: }