Date.prototype.toTimeString()
The toTimeString()
method returns the time portion of a
Date
object in human readable form in English.
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
Specification |
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ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.totimestring |
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