30-seconds-of-code/snippets/toEnglishDate.md

toEnglishDate

Converts a date from American format to English format.

Use Date.toISOString(), split('T') and replace() to convert a date from American format to the English format. Throws an error if the passed time cannot be converted to a date.

const toEnglishDate = time => {
  try {
    return new Date(time)
      .toISOString()
      .split('T')[0]
      .replace(/-/g, '/');
  } catch (e) {}
};

toEnglishDate('09/21/2010'); // '21/09/2010'