All the answers listed above just create a new Date, then look at the first part of it. However, JS Dates include timezones. As of writing this (1/6/22 @ 9PM in Eastern/US), if I run:
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let filename = `any_name_${(new Date().toJSON().slice(0,10))}.zip`
console.log(`Add here ${filename}`);
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it falsely gives me tommorows date (1/7/22). This is because Date() just looking at the first part of the date is ignoring the timezone.
A better way to do this that takes into account timezones is:
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var today = new Date();
var dd = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
var mm = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); //January is 0!
var yyyy = today.getFullYear();
filename = mm + '-' + dd + '-' + yyyy + '.zip';
console.log(today);
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Adapted from [here][1].
[1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4929629/10197738
Use `new Date()` to generate a new `Date` object containing the current date and time.
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var today = new Date();
var dd = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
var mm = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); //January is 0!
var yyyy = today.getFullYear();
today = mm + '/' + dd + '/' + yyyy;
document.write(today);
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This will give you today's date in the format of mm/dd/yyyy.
Simply change `today = mm +'/'+ dd +'/'+ yyyy;` to whatever format you wish.
