Get today date in google appScript

Question

How do I get the Today date on google appscript?

I need to write a code to input today´s date in a cell.

function changeDate(){
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(GA_CONFIG);
  var date = //Today´s date!?!?!!?
  var endDate = date;

  sheet.getRange(5, 2).setValue(endDate);

 }

Answer 1

The Date object is used to work with dates and times.

Date objects are created with new Date()

var now = new Date();

now - Current date and time object.

function changeDate() {
    var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(GA_CONFIG);
    var date = new Date();
    sheet.getRange(5, 2).setValue(date); 
}

Answer 2

Google Apps Script is JavaScript, the date object is initiated with new Date() and all JavaScript methods apply, see doc here

Answer 3

The following can be used to get the date:

function date_date() {
var date = new Date();
var year = date.getYear();
var month = date.getMonth() + 1;  if(month.toString().length==1){var month = 
'0'+month;}
var day = date.getDate(); if(day.toString().length==1){var day = '0'+day;}
var hour = date.getHours(); if(hour.toString().length==1){var hour = '0'+hour;}
var minu = date.getMinutes(); if(minu.toString().length==1){var minu = '0'+minu;}
var seco = date.getSeconds(); if(seco.toString().length==1){var seco = '0'+seco;}
var date = year+'·'+month+'·'+day+'·'+hour+'·'+minu+'·'+seco;
Logger.log(date);
}

Answer 4

Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT+1", "dd/MM/yyyy")

You can change the format by doing swapping the values.

• dd = day(31)
• MM = Month(12) - Case sensitive
• yyyy = Year(2017)

function changeDate() {
    var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(GA_CONFIG);
    // You could use now Date(); on its own but it will not look nice.
    var date = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT+1", "dd/MM/yyyy")
    var endDate = date
}