<script type="text/javascript"> var formatDate = function (formatDate, formatString) { if(formatDate instanceof Date) { var months = new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"); var yyyy = formatDate.getFullYear(); var yy = yyyy.toString().substring(2); var m = formatDate.getMonth(); var mm = m < 10 ? "0" + m : m; var mmm = months[m]; var d = formatDate.getDate(); var dd = d < 10 ? "0" + d : d; var h = formatDate.getHours(); var hh = h < 10 ? "0" + h : h; var n = formatDate.getMinutes(); var nn = n < 10 ? "0" + n : n; var s = formatDate.getSeconds(); var ss = s < 10 ? "0" + s : s; formatString = formatString.replace(/yyyy/i, yyyy); formatString = formatString.replace(/yy/i, yy); formatString = formatString.replace(/mmm/i, mmm); formatString = formatString.replace(/mm/i, mm); formatString = formatString.replace(/m/i, m); formatString = formatString.replace(/dd/i, dd); formatString = formatString.replace(/d/i, d); formatString = formatString.replace(/hh/i, hh); formatString = formatString.replace(/h/i, h); formatString = formatString.replace(/nn/i, nn); formatString = formatString.replace(/n/i, n); formatString = formatString.replace(/ss/i, ss); formatString = formatString.replace(/s/i, s); return formatString; } else { return ""; } } </pre> This will show a demo date <pre lang="javascript"> alert(formatDate(new Date(), "d mmm yyyy hh:nn:ss"));