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HTML
<div id="result"></div>
<div id="result2"></div>
<div id="result3"></div>
JavaScript
function yyyymmdd(dateIn) {
var yyyy = dateIn.getFullYear();
var mm = (dateIn.getMonth()+1); // getMonth() is zero-based
var dd = dateIn.getDate();
return String(dd +"/"+ mm +"/"+ yyyy) ; // Leading zeros for mm and dd
}
var today = new Date();
$('#result').text(yyyymmdd(today));
var goodOldDays = new Date();
goodOldDays.setFullYear(1973);
$('#result2').text(yyyymmdd(goodOldDays));
var backToTheFuture = new Date();
backToTheFuture.setFullYear(3025);
$('#result3').text(yyyymmdd(backToTheFuture));