Use AngularJS filters

To format Angular dates, there is Angular Filter that is very useful and easy to use , either in view or controllers . filter can still be used to format any type of object. For date there are several possible combinations.

How to use filters?

In an HTML template

{{ filter_expression | filter : expression : comparator}}

In the javascript code (Directives, controllers, etc.)

$filter('filter')(array, expression, comparator)

How to format dates?

You can convert your Date object to any string based on settings, here are some examples:

• yyyy year with 4 digits
• MM month with 2 digits (01-12)
• M month with 1 or 2 digits (1-12)
• dd day with two digits (01-31)
• d day with 1 or 2 digits (1-31)
• or see the full list at Angular documentation

You can also add Angular Locale in your project to use the formats in the language you want, in our case PT-BR or PT-PT .

Code sample - HTML Template

angular
  .module('myApp', [])
  .controller('myController', myController);

myController.$inject = ['$scope'];

function myController($scope) {
  $scope.data = new Date(2014, 11 - 1, 13, 17, 17, 47, 0);
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script><divng-app="myApp" ng-controller="myController">
  <p><b>Valor original:</b> {{ data }}</p>
  <p><b>dd/MM/yyyy:</b> {{ data | date: 'dd/MM/yyyy' }}</p>
  <p><b>Data completa:</b> {{ data | date: 'fullDate' }}</p>
</div>

Code sample - Controller

angular
  .module('myApp', [])
  .controller('myController', myController);

myController.$inject = ['$scope', '$filter'];

function myController($scope, $filter) {
  var data = new Date(2014, 11 - 1, 13, 17, 17, 47, 0);
  $scope.data = data;
  $scope.dataFormatada = $filter('date')(data, 'dd/MM/yyyy');
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script><divng-app="myApp" ng-controller="myController">
  <p><b>Original:</b> {{ data }}</p>
  <p><b>Formatada:</b> {{ dataFormatada }}</p>
</div>

@Pedro's answer already answers your question, but I'd like to show an example where we can work with direct filters in Controller :

var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);

myApp.controller("MyCtrl", function($scope, $filter){
 var data = "2016-02-18T10:23Z";
     $scope.dataFormatada = $filter('date')(data, 'dd/MM/yyyy');
});
    

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script><divng-app="myApp" ng-controller="MyCtrl">
  Data Formatada, {{dataFormatada}}!
</div>

NOTE: To work with dates in our format I recommend taking a look at locale

This filter helps me deal with timestamps

dateFilter.js

angular.module("zendapp").filter("brdateFilter", function(){
return function(input) {
    var o = input.replace(/-/g, "/"); // Troca hifen por barra
    return Date.parse(o + " -0000"); 
};
});

index.html

{{row.created_at.date | brdateFilter | date:"dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm"}}