[Solved] How do I reduce this code to one line?

Question

See Frits’ answer: You can, but is there really any need? It’s nice and readable the way you’ve done it.

But if you really, really want to, this is how:

exports.about = function(req, res){
 res.render('about', {title: 'about page', time: new Date().toLocaleDateString() });
};

It looks a bit odd, but the new Date() part takes precedence, so you don’t even needs parens around it (e.g., you don’t need time: (new Date()).toLocaleDateString()). You could have them if you want, but they’re not necessary.

Accepted Answer

See Frits’ answer: You can, but is there really any need? It’s nice and readable the way you’ve done it.

But if you really, really want to, this is how:

exports.about = function(req, res){
 res.render('about', {title: 'about page', time: new Date().toLocaleDateString() });
};

It looks a bit odd, but the new Date() part takes precedence, so you don’t even needs parens around it (e.g., you don’t need time: (new Date()).toLocaleDateString()). You could have them if you want, but they’re not necessary.