JavaScript Date toLocaleDateString()

Example

Get a date as a string, using locale conventions:

const d = new Date();
let text = d.toLocaleDateString();
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Description

The toLocaleDateString() method returns the date (not the time) of a date object as a string, using locale conventions.


Browser Support

toLocaleDateString() is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

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

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Syntax

Date.toLocaleDateString()

Technical Details

Return Value: A String, representing the date as a string
JavaScript Version: ECMAScript 1
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