jQuery and JavaScript Phrasebook

Creating a Date String

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var d = new Date(); d.toDateString(); //Returns Sat May 17 2014 d.toLocaleDateString(); //Returns Saturday, May 17, 2014 d.toISOString(); //Returns 2014-05-17T19:55:13.000Z d.toUTCString(); //Returns Sat, 17 May 2014 19:55:13 GMT d.toString(); //Returns Sat May 17 2014 13:55:13 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)

There are several methods to generate a date string from JavaScript. The first step is to get a Date object. The Date object provides the following methods that return differently formatted date strings:

.toDateString()—Returns an abbreviated date string.

.toLocaleDateString()—Returns ...