The toTimeString() method of Date instances returns a string representing the time portion of this date interpreted in the local timezone.

Try it

const event = new Date("August 19, 1975 23:15:30");

console.log(event.toTimeString());
// Expected output: "23:15:30 GMT+0200 (CEST)"
// Note: your timezone may vary

Syntax

toTimeString()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A string representing the time portion of the given date (see description for the format). Returns "Invalid Date" if the date is invalid.

Description

Date instances refer to a specific point in time. toTimeString() interprets the date in the local timezone and formats the time part in English. It always uses the format of HH:mm:ss GMT±xxxx (TZ), where:

For example: "04:42:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)".

• If you only want to get the date part, use toDateString().
• 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 toLocaleTimeString().

Examples

Using toTimeString()

const d = new Date(0);

console.log(d.toString()); // "Thu Jan 01 1970 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)"
console.log(d.toTimeString()); // "00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)"

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Date.prototype.toLocaleTimeString()
• Date.prototype.toDateString()
• Date.prototype.toString()