Display date (<?php echo date('Y-m-d');?>;) to input when button is click - JQuery JS PHP

Question

Good Day Everyone,

I would like to seek your help in displaying the current date to input type"date" when button is click.
format is like this or mm/dd/yyyy. thank you

 $(function() { $('#btncheckout').click(function() { var time = new Date(); $('subdateout').val(time.toDateString()); }); });

 <div class="input-group-sm mb-3 row align-middle "> <input type="date" name="subdateout" id="subdateout" class="form-control rounded-0 w3-tiny" max="<?php echo date('Ym-d');?>" value=""> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <button type="button" id="btncheckout" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm rounded-0">Check Out</button> </div> </div>

Answer 1

Here's a down and dirty way to get it into the format you want.

 var time = new Date(); var datestring = ("0"+(time.getMonth()+1)).slice(-2) + "/" + ( "0" + time.getDate()).slice(-2) + "/" + time.getFullYear() console.log(datestring)

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