JavaScript Date toString()

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Example

Convert a date object to a string:

const d = new Date();
let text = d.toString();

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Description

The toString() method returns a date object as a string.

Note

Every JavaScript object has a toString() method.

The toString() method is used internally by JavaScript when an object needs to be displayed as a text (like in HTML), or when an object needs to be used as a string.

Normally, you will not use it in your own code.

Browser Support

toString() is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

ES1 (JavaScript 1997) is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

Date.toString()

Parameters

NONE

Return Value

Date and time represented as a string

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