angularjs - Persist Angular UI Bootstrap Datepicker as string to API -

i'm using angular-ui-datepicker popup , i'm trying persist saved date value string date only. m/d/yyyy

the input after date selection correct 5/11/2015 value stored date

mon may 11 2015 00:00:00 gmt-0400 (eastern daylight time) 12:00am

is there way store value date string , not date object?

<p class="input-group">     <input type="text" datepicker-popup="m/d/yyyy" ng-model="event.date"         is-open="datepickers['date']" class="form-control" />     <span class="input-group-btn">         <button type="button" class="btn btn-default"             ng-click="toggledatepicker('date', $event)">             <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>         </button>     </span> </p> 

in above case need data date string, instance:

{    date: '5/11/2015' } 

and not

{    date: `mon may 11 2015 00:00:00 gmt-0400 (eastern daylight time) 12:00am` } 

i don't think there's simple (standard) javascript date formatting function, guess build m/d/yyyy string using example:

getdate() // returns date getmonth() // returns month getfullyear() // returns year 

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i've been messing around bit myself on various projects , might want consider date.toisostring. i've found angular automatically deserialize iso 8601 strings in json actual date object further use , vice versa it'll serialize date objects format transparently, don't have worry yourself.