JavaScript Date toString()
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.
Browser Support
toString() is an ECMAScript1 (JavaScript 1997) feature.
It is supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera |
Syntax
Date.toString()
Parameters
| NONE |
Return Value
| Date and time represented as a string |
