freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/08-coding-interview-prep/rosetta-code/date-format.english.md

---
title: Date format
id: 59669d08d75b60482359409f
challengeType: 5
---

## Description
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Task:
<p>Return an array with the current date in the formats:</p>
<p>-   2007-11-23   and </p>
<p>-   Sunday, November 23, 2007</p>
<p>Example output: <code>['2007-11-23', 'Sunday, November 23, 2007']</code></p>
</section>

## Instructions
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</section>

## Tests
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```yml
tests:
  - text: <code>getDateFormats</code> is a function.
    testString: assert(typeof getDateFormats === 'function', '<code>getDateFormats</code> is a function.');
  - text: Should return an object.
    testString: assert(typeof getDateFormats() === 'object', 'Should return an object.');
  - text: Should returned an array with 2 elements.
    testString: assert(getDateFormats().length === 2, 'Should returned an array with 2 elements.');
  - text: Should return the correct date in the right format
    testString: assert.deepEqual(getDateFormats(), dates, equalsMessage);

```

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## Challenge Seed
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<div id='js-seed'>

```js
function getDateFormats () {
  // Good luck!
  return true;
}
```

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### After Test
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```js
const getDateSolution = () => {
  const date = new Date();
  const weekdays = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'];
  const months = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'];
  const fmt1 = `${date.getFullYear()}-${(1 + date.getMonth())}-${date.getDate()}`;
  const fmt2 = `${weekdays[date.getDay()]}, ${months[date.getMonth()]} ${date.getDate()}, ${date.getFullYear()}`;
  return [fmt1, fmt2];
};

const dates = getDateSolution();
const equalsMessage = `message: <code>getDataFormats()</code> should return <code>["${dates[0]}", "${dates[1]}"]</code>.`;
```

</div>

</section>

## Solution
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```js
function getDateFormats () {
  const date = new Date();
  const weekdays = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'];
  const months = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'];
  const fmt1 = `${date.getFullYear()}-${(1 + date.getMonth())}-${date.getDate()}`;
  const fmt2 = `${weekdays[date.getDay()]}, ${months[date.getMonth()]} ${date.getDate()}, ${date.getFullYear()}`;
  return [fmt1, fmt2];
}

```

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