How to format API date/time format on page

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Dan,

Try these routines:

function formatDate(date_obj) {
   const monthNames = [
      "Jan", "Feb", "Mar",
      "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul",
      "Aug", "Sep", "Oct",
      "Nov", "Dec"
    ];

   let day = date_obj.getDate();
   let monthIndex = date_obj.getMonth();
   let year = date_obj.getFullYear();

   return monthNames[monthIndex] + ' ' + day + ', ' + year;
}

function formatTime(date_obj) {
   // formats a javascript Date object into a 12h AM/PM time string
   var hour = date_obj.getHours();
   var minute = date_obj.getMinutes();
   var amPM = (hour > 11) ? "pm" : "am";
   if (hour > 12) {
      hour -= 12;
   } else if (hour == 0) {
      hour = "12";
   }
   if (minute < 10) {
      minute = "0" + minute;
   }
   return hour + ":" + minute + amPM;
}

Use them like this:

let date = new Date(); 
let str = formatDate(date) + " @ " + formatTime(date);

This will give you the desired date format.

I hope this helps,

Yisrael