The toTimeString()
method returns the time portion of a Date
object in human readable form in English.
Date.prototype.toTimeString()
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Syntax
toTimeString()
Return value
A string representing the time portion of the given date in human readable form in English.
Description
Date
instances refer to a specific point in time. Calling toString()
will return the date formatted in a human readable form in English. Sometimes it is desirable to obtain a string of the time portion; such a thing can be accomplished with the toTimeString()
method.
The toTimeString()
method is especially useful because compliant engines implementing ECMA-262 may differ in the string obtained from toString()
for Date
objects, as the format is implementation-dependent; simple string slicing approaches may not produce consistent results across multiple engines.
Examples
A basic usage of toTimeString()
var d = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7); console.log(d.toString()); // Wed Jul 28 1993 14:39:07 GMT-0600 (PDT) console.log(d.toTimeString()); // 14:39:07 GMT-0600 (PDT)
Specifications
Browser compatibility
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toTimeString |
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5.5
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See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toTimeString