Get Current Date with JavaScript Temporal API

Nov 09, 2021

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Scott Tolinski

In this post, we'll show you how to access the current day with the Temporal API.

Tldr;

Current Day

Temporal.Now.plainDateISO().day

Current Month

Temporal.Now.plainDateISO().month

Current Current Year

Temporal.Now.plainDateISO().year

You get the point. It's really explicit and easy once you know where to look. You are getting a Temporal date and then accessing date properties like day, month, year.

Temporal.Now.plainDateISO() - get the current date in the system time zone and ISO-8601 calendar

https://tc39.es/proposal-temporal/docs/#Temporal-Now

So, what other properties exist on a Temporal plain date?

This was a quick one with a few key snippets, stay tuned for more Temporal content.