JavaScript Date toTimeString()
Syntax & Examples

Date.toTimeString() method

The toTimeString() method of the Date object in JavaScript returns the time portion of the Date as a human-readable string. This string includes the hours, minutes, seconds, and time zone information.

Syntax of Date.toTimeString()

The syntax of Date.toTimeString() method is:

toTimeString()

This toTimeString() method of Date returns the "time" portion of the Date as a human-readable string.

Return Type

Date.toTimeString() returns value of type String.


✐ Examples

1 Using toTimeString() to get the time portion of a Date object

In JavaScript, we can use the toTimeString() method to get the time 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 toTimeString() method to get the time portion of the date object.
  3. The time string is stored in the variable timeString.
  4. We log timeString to the console using console.log() method.

JavaScript Program

const date = new Date('2000-01-01T00:00:00Z');
const timeString = date.toTimeString();
console.log(timeString);

Output

00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

2 Using toTimeString() with a specific date

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

For example,

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

JavaScript Program

const date = new Date('1776-07-04T00:00:00Z');
const timeString = date.toTimeString();
console.log(timeString);

Output

00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

3 Using toTimeString() with the current date

We can use the toTimeString() method to get the time 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 toTimeString() method to get the time portion of the date object.
  3. The time string is stored in the variable timeString.
  4. We log timeString to the console using console.log() method.

JavaScript Program

const date = new Date();
const timeString = date.toTimeString();
console.log(timeString);

Output

Depends on the current time (e.g., '12:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)')

Summary

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