How to get only the current date number using JavaScript?

August 17, 2021 - 1 min read

To get only the current date number, we can use the getDate() method from the global Date object in JavaScript.

TL;DR

// Make an instance or object of the Date constructor
const currentDate = new Date();

// get the current date number
const dateNumber = currentDate.getDate();

console.log(dateNumber); // eg: 17

First, let's make an object (or instance) from the global Date constructor using the new keyword like this,

// Make an instance or object of the Date constructor
const currentDate = new Date();

Now we can use the getDate() method from the currentDate object to get the date number like this,

// Make an instance or object of the Date constructor
const currentDate = new Date();

// get the current date number
const dateNumber = currentDate.getDate();

console.log(dateNumber); // eg: 17

Yay, We successfully got the date number 🎉!

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That's all 😃!

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