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Date.prototype.toSource()

Non-standard: This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

The toSource() method returns a string representing the source code of the object.

Syntax

dateObj.toSource()
Date.toSource()

Return value

A string representing the source code of the given Date object.

Examples

Native function

For the built-in Date object, toSource() returns the following string indicating that the source code is not available:

function Date() {
    [native code]
}

Specifications

Not part of any standard.

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile Server
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet Deno Node.js
toSource
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1-74
Starting in Firefox 74, toSource() is no longer available for use by web content. It is still allowed for internal and privileged code.
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4
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See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toSource