JavaScript toUTCString() Method

Complete Date Object Reference

Definition and Usage

The toUTCString() method converts a Date object, according to Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), to a string and returns the result.

Syntax

dateObject.toUTCString()

Example

In the example below we will convert today's date (according to UTC) to a string:

<script type="text/javascript">

var d = new Date();
document.write (d.toUTCString());

</script>

The output of the code above will be:

Example 2

In the example below we will convert a specific date (according to UTC) to a string:

<script type="text/javascript">

var born = new Date("July 21, 1983 01:15:00");
document.write(born.toUTCString());

</script>

The output of the code above will be:

Try-It-Yourself Demos

toUTCString()
How to use toUTCString() to convert today's date (according to UTC) to a string.

Complete Date Object Reference

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