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Can some one tell me why I cannot get the date – Javascript

When trying to make a date variable in JS and console.log(ing) it returns Invalid date, am I being stupid can someone help me.

let yr = String(new Date().getFullYear());
let mnth = new Date();
mnth = String(getMonthShortName(new Date().getMonth()));
let dte = String(new Date().getDate());
let hr = String(new Date().getHours());
let min = String(new Date().getMinutes());
let sec = String(new Date().getSeconds());
date2 = new Date(String(mnth + " " + dte + " " + yr + " " + hr + " " + min + " " + sec));
console.log("Date (full): " + date2);

function getMonthShortName(monthNo) {
  const date = new Date();
  date.setMonth(monthNo - 1);
  return date.toLocaleString('en-US', {
    month: 'short'
  });
}
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  1. Chosen as BEST ANSWER
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    Figured it out, just use: let date2 = new Date();


  2. 0

    Trying to understand what you wanted to do. If you just wanted to print the date in your format, then just remove the new Date() in date 2 and if you wanted a new date2 from the date1. then all of this was unnecessary.

    let yr = String(new Date().getFullYear());
let mnth = new Date();
mnth = String(getMonthShortName(new Date().getMonth()));
let dte = String(new Date().getDate());
let hr = String(new Date().getHours());
let min = String(new Date().getMinutes());
let sec = String(new Date().getSeconds());
date2 = String(mnth + " " + dte + " " + yr + " " + hr + " " + min + " " + sec);
console.log("Date (full): " + date2);

function getMonthShortName(monthNo) {
  const date = new Date();
  date.setMonth(monthNo - 1);
  return date.toLocaleString('en-US', {
    month: 'short'
  });
}

    if you trying to make a new date only

    // get the time value of the original date object
const timeValue = date1.getTime();

// create a new date object from the time value
const date2 = new Date(timeValue);
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