toDateSTring function in JavaScript to convert date object to string

To convert date object to a string we have to use toDateString function. The output we will get is a string. Here is the syntax

Date.toDateString

Here is an example.

<script type="text/javascript"> 
var dt= new Date();
document.write(dt + "<br><br>");
document.write(dt.toDateString());
</script>

The output of the above code is here.

Note that before applying any string functions to date object we must convert it to string. The line bellow will generate error message

document.write(dt.substr(5)); // error

dt in above code is a date object so we can't use like this

Difference between toDateString() and toString()

toDateString(): Returns only the date part of a Date object in a human-readable format (e.g., "Mon Sep 06 2021"). It excludes the time and timezone information.

toString(): Returns a full string representation of the Date object, including the day, date, time, and timezone (e.g., "Mon Sep 06 2021 14:20:30 GMT+0000 (UTC)").

let date = new Date();
console.log(date.toDateString()); // "Mon Sep 06 2021"
console.log(date.toString());     // "Mon Sep 06 2021 14:20:30 GMT+0000 (UTC)"

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toDateString() : Date object to string

Difference between toDateString() and toString()

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