Name

Date.toString( ) — convert a Date to a string

Availability

JavaScript 1.0; JScript 1.0; ECMAScript v1 Overrides Object.toString( )

Synopsis

                  date.toString(  )

Returns

A human-readable string representation of date, expressed in the local time zone.

Description

toString( ) returns a human-readable, implementation-dependent string representation of date. Unlike toUTCString( ), toString( ) expresses the date in the local time zone. Unlike toLocaleString( ), toString( ) may not represent the date and time using locale-specific formatting.

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