JavaScript Date toUTCString()

Get a date object as a string, according to UTC:

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

Description

The toUTCString() method returns a date object as a string, according to UTC.

Tip: The Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) is the time set by the World Time Standard.

Note: UTC time is the same as GMT time.

toUTCString() 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.toUTCString()

None

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