Get Time

var robsDate = new Date();
console.log(robsDate.getTime())             //returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 (i.e. 1508518545394)
console.log(robsDate.getMilliseconds())     //returns 0-999 for current millisecond 
console.log(robsDate.getSeconds())          //returns 0-59 for current second
console.log(robsDate.getMinutes())          //returns 0-59 for current minute
console.log(robsDate.getHours())            //returns 0-23 for current hour

Get Date

var robsDate = new Date();      
console.log(robsDate.getDay())          //returns 0 if its Sunday etc.
console.log(robsDate.getDate())         //returns 1 if its the firt day of the month etc.
console.log(robsDate.getMonth())        //returns 0 if its January etc.
console.log(robsDate.getFullYear())     //returns current year etc. (i.e. 2017)

Date Conversion 1

Convert date string "1/31/2017 1:53:51 PM" to "1-31-2017"

var dateIn = "1/31/2017 1:53:51 PM"
var space1 = dateIn.indexOf(" ");
var date = dateIn.substring(0, space1);
var arr = date.split("/");
var m = arr[0]-1; // January is 0
var d = arr[1];
var y = arr[2];

Pretty Date

function returnPrettyDate(uglyDate) {
    // in: 2017-10-20 | out: October 20, 2017
    // in 0000-00-00 | out: ""

    if (uglyDate === "0000-00-00" || uglyDate === "") {return "date unavailable";}

    var arr = uglyDate.split("-");
    var year = arr[0];
    var month = "";
    var day = arr[2];
    switch(Number(arr[1])){
        case 1: month = "January"; break;
        case 2: month = "February";break;
        case 3: month = "March";break;
        case 4: month = "April";break;
        case 5: month = "May";break;
        case 6: month = "June"; break;
        case 7: month = "July";break;
        case 8: month = "August";break;
        case 9: month = "September";break;
        case 10: month = "October";break;
        case 11: month = "November";break;
        case 12: month = "December";break;
    }
    return month + " " + day + ", " + year;
}