Date.prototype.format = function (format) //author: meizz { var o = { "M+": this.getMonth() + 1, //month "d+": this.getDate(), //day "h+": this.getHours(), //hour "m+": this.getMinutes(), //minute "s+": this.getSeconds(), //second "q+": Math.floor((this.getMonth() + 3) / 3), //quarter "S": this.getMilliseconds() //millisecond } if (/(y+)/.test(format)) format = format.replace(RegExp.$1, (this.getFullYear() + "").substr(4 - RegExp.$1.length)); for (var k in o) if (new RegExp("(" + k + ")").test(format)) format = format.replace(RegExp.$1, RegExp.$1.length == 1 ? o[k] : ("00" + o[k]).substr(("" + o[k]).length)); return format; } alert(new Date().format("yyyy-MM-dd")); alert(new Date("january 12 2008 11:12:30").format("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"));