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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