how to convert current date to YYYY-MM-DD format with angular 2

Question

i use this line to get the current date

public current_date=new Date();

and i have got this result:

Wed Apr 26 2017 10:38:12 GMT+0100 (Afr. centrale Ouest)

how can i transform that to this format

YYYY-MM-DD

Answer 1

For Angular 5

app.module.ts

import {DatePipe} from '@angular/common';
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providers: [DatePipe]

demo.component.ts

import { DatePipe } from '@angular/common';
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constructor(private datePipe: DatePipe) {}

ngOnInit() {
   var date = new Date();
   console.log(this.datePipe.transform(date,"yyyy-MM-dd")); //output : 2018-02-13
}

more information angular/datePipe