How to format datetime stamp in JS like it is done by the date template tag?

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Hello everyone, 

I am customizing Django admin by adding a datetime stamp to the page using JavaScript. I want to format the datetime stamp according to the format set by Django. 

It is possible to get the DATETIME_FORMAT using the get_format() method in JS which is "'j M Y, P'". But, this format is not supported by the Date().strftime method. 

I don't want to hard-code the formatting of the datetime string. I want the code to adapt according to the Django settings for LANGUAGE_CODE, USE_I18N, and USE_L10N settings.

TIA! 

Regards,

Gagan Deep

[Ryan Nowakowski]

You can format the data including the datetime as a JSON string in a script tag via the normal template stuff. Then read that from JavaScript.