We can format a date value with date filter for a certain format style.
The date formatter has several built-in options.
If no date format is passed, it defaults to mediumDate.
Here are the built-in localizable formats:
{{ today | date:'medium' }} <!-- Aug 09, 2014 09:09:02 PM -->
{{ today | date:'short' }} <!-- 8/9/13 09:09 PM -->
{{ today | date:'fullDate' }} <!-- Thursday, August 09, 2014 -->
{{ today | date:'longDate' }} <!-- August 09, 2014 -->
{{ today | date:'mediumDate' }} <!-- Aug 09, 2014 -->
{{ today | date:'shortDate' }} <!-- 8/9/14 -->
{{ today | date:'mediumTime' }} <!-- 09:09:02 PM -->
{{ today | date:'shortTime' }} <!-- 09:09 PM -->
Four-digit year: {{ today | date:'yyyy' }} <!-- 2014 -->
Two-digit padded year: {{ today | date:'yy' }} <!-- 14 -->
One-digit year: {{ today | date:'y' }} <!-- 2014 -->
Month in year: {{ today | date:'MMMM' }} <!-- August -->
Short month in year: {{ today | date:'MMM' }} <!-- Aug -->
Padded month in year: {{ today | date:'MM' }} <!-- 08 -->
Month in year: {{ today | date:'M' }} <!-- 8 -->
Padded day in month: {{ today | date:'dd' }} <!-- 09 -->
Day in month: {{ today | date:'d' }} <!-- 9 -->
Day in week: {{ today | date:'EEEE' }} <!-- Thursday -->
Short day in week: {{ today | date:'EEE' }} <!-- Thu -->
Padded hour in day: {{ today | date:'HH' }} <!-- 00 -->
Hour in day: {{ today | date:'H' }} <!-- 0 -->
Padded hour in am/pm: {{ today | date:'hh' }} <!-- 12 -->
Hour in am/pm: {{ today | date:'h' }} <!-- 12 -->
Padded minute in hour: {{ today | date:'mm' }} <!-- 09 -->
Minute in hour: {{ today | date:'m' }} <!-- 9 -->
Padded second in minute: {{ today | date:'ss' }} <!-- 02 -->
Second in minute: {{ today | date:'s' }} <!-- 2 -->
Padded millisecond in second: {{ today | date:'.sss' }} <!-- .999 -->
am/pm character: {{ today | date:'a' }} <!-- AM -->
4-digit time zone offset: {{ today | date:'Z' }} <!-- -0700 -->
{{ today | date:'MMM d, y' }} <!-- Aug 9, 2014 -->
{{ today | date:'EEEE, d, M' }} <!-- Thursday, 9, 8 -->
{{ today | date:'hh:mm:ss.sss' }} <!-- 09:09:02.999 -->