JavaScript toDateString() Method
Example
Get today's date as a readable string:
const d = new Date();
let text = d.toDateString();
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Definition and Usage
The toDateString() method returns the date (not the time) of a date object as a string.
Browser Support
toDateString() is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.
ES1 (JavaScript 1997) is fully supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | IE | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
Date.toDateString()
Parameters
| None |
Technical Details
| Return Value: | A String, representing the date as a string |
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Related Pages
JavaScript Tutorial: JavaScript Dates
JavaScript Tutorial: JavaScript Date Formats
JavaScript Tutorial: JavaScript Strings
