In JavaScript, there is no easy way to get a string as “MM/dd/yyyy” from a Date type. Here is little helper function for it:

<span>   1:</span> <span>function</span> getDateString(dateInput) {

<span>   2:</span>     <span>var</span> dDate = <span>new</span> Date(dateInput);

<span>   3:</span>     <span>var</span> sDay = dDate.getDate();

<span>   4:</span>     <span>var</span> sMonth = dDate.getMonth()+1;

<span>   5:</span>     <span>var</span> sYear = dDate.getYear();

<span>   6:</span>     <span>var</span> sDate = sMonth+<span>'/'</span>+sDay+<span>'/'</span>+sYear;

<span>   7:</span>     <span>return</span> sDate;

<span>   8:</span>  

<span>   9:</span> }