Pipe Parameters

We’ll look at another pipe defined by Angular called the DatePipe. The DatePipe will help you format dates into various formats. It’s a versatile pipe because we have the freedom to use different formats.

The DatePipe requires the date to be a Date() object, time in milliseconds from 1970, or an ISO string. We must make sure the value is in the required format before we use the DatePipe. Otherwise, it won’t work.

In the app.component.ts file, we’ll create a property called todaysDate. Its value will be a new instance of the Date object.

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