forceTwoDigits = (val) ->
if val < 10
return "0#{val}"
return val
formatDate = (date) ->
year = date.getFullYear()
month = forceTwoDigits(date.getMonth()+1)
day = forceTwoDigits(date.getDate())
hour = forceTwoDigits(date.getHours())
minute = forceTwoDigits(date.getMinutes())
second = forceTwoDigits(date.getSeconds())
return "#{year}#{month}#{day}#{hour}#{minute}#{second}"
console.log(formatDate(new Date()))
Is there a better way to do this?
Updated:
formatDate = (date) ->
timeStamp = [date.getFullYear(), (date.getMonth() + 1), date.getDate(), date.getHours(), date.getMinutes(), date.getSeconds()].join(" ")
RE_findSingleDigits = /\b(\d)\b/g
# Places a `0` in front of single digit numbers.
timeStamp = timeStamp.replace( RE_findSingleDigits, "0$1" )
timeStamp.replace /\s/g, ""
If you're happy with UTC and your JS env supports it (you can use a shim if it doesn't), you can do it as a one liner:
formatDate = (date) -> date.toISOString().replace /\..+$|[^\d]/g, ''
If you want it in the local timezone, it's a little more code:
formatDate = (date) ->
normalisedDate = new Date(date - (date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000))
normalisedDate.toISOString().replace /\..+$|[^\d]/g, ''
