JavaScript toDateString() Method

Get today's date as a readable string:

const d = new Date();
let text = d.toDateString();

Description

The toDateString() method returns the date (not the time) of a date object as a string.

toDateString() is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

ES1 (JavaScript 1997) is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Date.toDateString()

None

Return Value:	A String, representing the date as a string

JavaScript Tutorial: JavaScript Dates

JavaScript Tutorial: JavaScript Strings