Date.prototype.toDateString()
The toDateString()
method returns the date portion of a Date
object in human readable form in American English.
Syntax
<var>dateObj</var>.toDateString()
Return value
A string representing the date portion of the given Date
object in human readable form in American English.
Description
Date
instances refer to a specific point in time. Calling toString()
will return the date formatted in a human readable form in American English. In SpiderMonkey, this consists of the date portion (day, month, and year) followed by the time portion (hours, minutes, seconds, and time zone). Sometimes it is desirable to obtain a string of the date portion; such a thing can be accomplished with the toDateString()
method.
The toDateString()
method is especially useful because compliant engines implementing ECMA-262 may differ in the string obtained from toString()
for Date
objects, as the format is implementation-dependent and simple string slicing approaches may not produce consistent results across multiple engines.
Examples
A basic usage of toDateString()
var d = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7); console.log(d.toString()); // logs Wed Jul 28 1993 14:39:07 GMT-0600 (PDT) console.log(d.toDateString()); // logs Wed Jul 28 1993
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
ECMAScript 3rd Edition (ECMA-262) | Standard | Initial definition. |
ECMAScript 5.1 (ECMA-262) The definition of 'Date.prototype.toDateString' in that specification. |
Standard | |
ECMAScript 2015 (6th Edition, ECMA-262) The definition of 'Date.prototype.toDateString' in that specification. |
Standard | |
ECMAScript 2017 Draft (ECMA-262) The definition of 'Date.prototype.toDateString' in that specification. |
Draft |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |
Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |
See also
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/javascript/reference/global_objects/date/todatestring