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Date.prototype.toDateString()

The toDateString() method returns the date portion of a Date object interpreted in the local timezone in English.

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Syntax

toDateString()

Return value

A string representing the date portion of the given Date object in human readable form in English.

Description

Date instances refer to a specific point in time. toDateString() interprets the date in the local timezone and formats the date part in English. It always uses the following format, separated by spaces:

First three letters of the week day name
First three letters of the month name
Two-digit day of the month, padded on the left a zero if necessary
Four-digit year (at least), padded on the left with zeros if necessary. May have a negative sign

For example: "Thu Jan 01 1970".

If you want to get the time part, use toTimeString().
If you want to get both the date and time, use toString().
If you want to make the date interpreted as UTC instead of local timezone, use toUTCString().
If you want to format the date in a more user-friendly format (e.g. localization), use toLocaleDateString().

Examples

A basic usage of toDateString()

const d = new Date(1993, 5, 28, 14, 39, 7);

console.log(d.toString());     // logs Mon Jun 28 1993 14:39:07 GMT-0600 (PDT)
console.log(d.toDateString()); // logs Mon Jun 28 1993

Note: Month are 0-indexed when used as an argument of Date (thus 0 corresponds to January and 11 to December).

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.todatestring

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile						Server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	Deno	Node.js
`toDateString`	1	12	1	5.5	5	1	4.4	18	4	10.1	1	1.0	1.0	0.10.0