let dateObject;

// InitialCreationDateTime contains the DateTime object that I have received from the back-end
if (this.initialCreationDateTime != null) {
  dateObject = new Date(this.initialCreationDateTime);
} else {
  dateObject = new Date();
}

// InitialCreationDateTime is nothing more then a string variable to store the final date string
this.initialCreationDateTimeString = dateObject.getHours() + ':' + ((dateObject.getMinutes() < 10 ? '0' : '') + dateObject.getMinutes()) + 'xa0xa0' + dateObject.getDate() + '-' + (dateObject.getMonth() + 1) + '-' + dateObject.getFullYear();