AngularJS | date Filter

Last Updated : 21 Jan, 2022

AngularJS date filter is used to convert a date into a specified format. When the date format is not specified, the default date format is 'MMM d, yyyy'.
Syntax:

{{ date | date : format : timezone }}

Parameter Values: The date filter contains format and timezone parameters which is optional.
Some common values used in format are as follow:

'yyyy' - define year ex. 2019
'yy' - define year ex. 19
'y' - define year ex. 2019
'MMMM' - define month ex. April
'MMM' - define month ex. Apr
'MM' - define month ex. 04
'dd' - define day ex. 09
'd' - define day ex. 9
'hh' - define hour in AM/PM
'h' - define hour in AM/PM
'mm' - define minute
'm' - define minute
'ss' - define second
's' - define second

Some predefined values for format are as follow:

"short" - equivalent to "M/d/yy h:mm a"
"medium" - equivalent to "MMM d, y h:mm:ss a"
"shortDate" - equivalent to "M/d/yy" (5/7/19)
"mediumDate" - equivalent to "MMM d, y" (May 7, 2019)
"longDate" - equivalent to "MMMM d, y" (May 7, 2019)
"fullDate" - equivalent to "EEEE, MMMM d, y" (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)
"shortTime" - equivalent to "h:mm a" (2:35 AM)
"mediumTime" - equivalent to "h:mm:ss a" (2:35:05 AM)

Example 1: This example display the date in given format.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Date Filter</title>
        
        <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.6.9/angular.min.js">
        </script>
    </head>
    
    <body>
 
        <div ng-app="gfgApp" ng-controller="dateCntrl">
            

<p>{{ today | date : "dd.MM.y" }}</p>


        </div>
 
        <script>
            var app = angular.module('gfgApp', []);
            app.controller('dateCntrl', function($scope) {
                $scope.today = new Date();
            });
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

Output:

07.05.2019

Example 2: This example display the time in specified format.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Date Filter</title>
        
        <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.6.9/angular.min.js">
        </script>
    </head>
    
    <body>
 
        <div ng-app="gfgApp" ng-controller="dateCntrl">
            

<p>{{ today| date : 'mediumTime'}}</p>


        </div>
 
        <script>
            var app = angular.module('gfgApp', []);
            app.controller('dateCntrl', function($scope) {
                $scope.today = new Date();
            });
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

Output:

2:37:23 AM

Example 3: This example display the date in specified format.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Date Filter</title>
        
        <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.6.9/angular.min.js">
        </script>
    </head>
    
    <body>
 
        <div ng-app="gfgApp" ng-controller="dateCntrl">
            

<p>{{ today| date }}</p>


        </div>
 
        <script>
            var app = angular.module('gfgApp', []);
            app.controller('dateCntrl', function($scope) {
                $scope.today = new Date();
            });
        </script>
    </body>
</html>