Date formatting in JavaScript

We would be using 3 different methods to get the current system date, month and year.

• getDate() : Returns the date
• getMonth(): Returns the month
• getFullYear(): Returns the year

#1: month/date/year (5/12/2010)

var date = new Date();
var sysDate = date.getDate();
var sysMonth = date.getMonth();
var sysYear = date.getFullYear();

document.write(sysMonth + "/" + sysDate + "/" + sysYear);

#2: date-month-year (12-May-2010)

var date = new Date();
var sysDate = date.getDate();
var sysMonth = date.getMonth();
var sysYear = date.getFullYear();

var monthNames = new Array("January", "February", "March",
               "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", 
               "September", "October", "November", 
               "December");

document.write(sysDate + "-" + monthNames[sysMonth] + "-" + sysYear);

#3: date-month-year (12^th May 2010)

var date = new Date();
var sysDate = date.getDate();
var sysMonth = date.getMonth();
var sysYear = date.getFullYear();

var monthNames = new Array("January", "February", "March",
               "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", 
               "September", "October", "November", 
               "December");

var sup = "";

if(sysDate == 1 || sysDate == 21 || sysDate == 31) sup ="st";
else if (sysDate == 2 || sysDate == 22) sup = "nd";
else if (sysDate == 3 || sysDate == 23) sup = "rd";
else sup = "th";

document.write(sysDate + "" + sup + " " + monthNames[sysMonth] + " " + sysYear);