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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Definition and Usage
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:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
Date.toLocaleDateString()
Technical Details
| Return Value: | A String, representing the date as a string |
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| JavaScript Version: | ECMAScript 1 |
