Utilizar la siguiente función:
<script>
function getFormattedDate(vDate)
{
dateTMP = new Date(vDate);
year = dateTMP.getFullYear();
month = (1 + dateTMP.getMonth()).toString();
month = month.length > 1 ? month : '0' + month;
day = dateTMP.getDate().toString();
day = day.length > 1 ? day : '0' + day;
return day + '/' + month + '/' + year;
}
$(document).ready(function()
{
dateDDMMYY = getFormattedDate(vDate);
console.log(dateDDMMYYYY);
});
</script>
Fuente: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11591854/format-date-to-mm-dd-yyyy-in-javascript