Using Function node to format date in YYYY-MM-DD

[bidyutper]

Hi, how to format In YYYY-MM-DD using function node
Found a Js function for the same:

function convert(str) {
var mnths = {
Jan:"01", Feb:"02", Mar:"03", Apr:"04", May:"05", Jun:"06",
Jul:"07", Aug:"08", Sep:"09", Oct:"10", Nov:"11", Dec:"12"
},
date = str.split(" ");
return [ date[3], mnths[date[1]], date[2] ].join("-");
}

convert("Thu Jun 09 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)");
//out put-> "2011-06-09"

My incomming date format is

"Sun Jul 15 2018 21:23:14 GMT+0530 (IST)"

[zenofmud]

take a look at node-red-contrib-moment

[TotallyInformation]

As mentioned, you can use my node-red-contrib-moment node to do this easily.

Alternatively, look up the toISOString JavaScript function and then split the resulting string on the letter "T".

[Andrei]

If you want just to display the formatted date in the dashboard then it is straightforward using the formatting options from the ui text node:

will display in the dashboard:

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[dirk.schmeckthal]

I have this working, but where do i switch from en_US locale to german?