Convert PHP Date Into Javascript Date Format
Answer : You should probably just use a timestamp $newticket['DateCreated'] = strtotime('now'); Then convert it to a Javascript date // make sure to convert from unix timestamp var now = new Date(dateFromPHP * 1000); Javascript Date class supports ISO 8601 date format so I would recommend: <?php date('c', $yourDateTime); // or for objects $dateTimeObject->format('c'); ?> documentation says that: format character 'c' is ISO 8601 date (added in PHP 5) example: 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00 for more information: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php It is pretty simple. PHP code: $formatted_date = $newticket['DateCreated'] = date('Y/m/d H:i:s'); Javascript code: var javascript_date = new Date("<?php echo $formatted_date; ?>");