File safe date string

Javascript

2 mo. ago

Returns a date time string that is safe to use for filenames.

date

filename

utility

file-safe-date-string.js

// output: 2025-04-04_17-44-19
const getFileSafeDateString = () => {
    const date = new Date();

    const time = date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, { hour12: false });
    const hour = time.slice(0, 2);

    const utcDate = new Date().toISOString();

    const updatedDateHour = utcDate.replace(/T\d+/, `_${hour}`);
    const formattedDate = updatedDateHour.replace(/:/g, "-");

    return formattedDate.split(".")[0];
}