JavaScript Date toDateString()
Syntax & Examples

toDateString() method

The toDateString() method of the Date object in JavaScript returns the date portion of the Date as a human-readable string. This string includes the day of the week, month, day of the month, and year.

Syntax of toDateString()

The syntax of Date.toDateString() method is:

toDateString()

This toDateString() method of Date returns the "date" portion of the Date as a human-readable string like 'Thu Apr 12 2018'.

Return Type

Date.toDateString() returns value of type String.


✐ Examples

1 Using toDateString() to get the date portion of a Date object

In JavaScript, we can use the toDateString() method to get the date portion of a Date object as a human-readable string.

For example,

  1. We create a new Date object date representing January 1, 2000.
  2. We use the toDateString() method to get the date portion of the date object.
  3. The date string is stored in the variable dateString.
  4. We log dateString to the console using console.log() method.

JavaScript Program

const date = new Date('2000-01-01');
const dateString = date.toDateString();
console.log(dateString);

Output

Sat Jan 01 2000

2 Using toDateString() with a specific date

We can use the toDateString() method to get the date portion of a specific Date object.

For example,

  1. We create a new Date object date representing July 4, 1776.
  2. We use the toDateString() method to get the date portion of the date object.
  3. The date string is stored in the variable dateString.
  4. We log dateString to the console using console.log() method.

JavaScript Program

const date = new Date('1776-07-04');
const dateString = date.toDateString();
console.log(dateString);

Output

Thu Jul 04 1776

3 Using toDateString() with the current date

We can use the toDateString() method to get the date portion of the current date.

For example,

  1. We create a new Date object date representing the current date and time.
  2. We use the toDateString() method to get the date portion of the date object.
  3. The date string is stored in the variable dateString.
  4. We log dateString to the console using console.log() method.

JavaScript Program

const date = new Date();
const dateString = date.toDateString();
console.log(dateString);

Output

Depends on the current date (e.g., 'Mon May 27 2024')

Summary

In this JavaScript tutorial, we learned about toDateString() method of Date: the syntax and few working examples with output and detailed explanation for each example.