The toUTCString() method converts a date to a string, using the UTC time zone.
Based on rfc7231 and modified according to ecma-262 toUTCString, it can have negative values in the 2021 version
Date.prototype.toUTCString()
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Syntax
toUTCString()
Return value
A string representing the given date using the UTC time zone.
Description
The value returned by toUTCString() is a string in the form Www, dd Mmm yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT, Where:
| Format String | Description |
|---|---|
Www |
Day of week, as three letters (e.g. Sun, Mon, ...) |
dd |
Day of month, as two digits with leading zero if required |
Mmm |
Month, as three letters (e.g. Jan, Feb, ...) |
yyyy |
Year, as four or more digits with leading zeroes if required |
hh |
Hour, as two digits with leading zero if required |
mm |
Minute, as two digits with leading zero if required |
ss |
Seconds, as two digits with leading zero if required |
Prior to ECMAScript 2018, the format of the return value varied according to the platform. The most common return value was an RFC-1123 formatted date stamp, which is a slightly updated version of RFC-822 date stamps.
Examples
Using toUTCString()
let today = new Date('Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 PDT'); let UTCstring = today.toUTCString(); // Wed, 14 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT
Specifications
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 | |
toUTCString |
1
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12
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1
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4
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4
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1
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1
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18
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4
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10.1
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1
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1.0
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1.0
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0.10.0
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See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toUTCString
