Date Conversion

Description

Date type has three buildin methods to convert date value to string and milliseconds.

• toLocaleString() returns the date and time in a format appropriate for the locale.
• toString() returns the date and time with time-zone information.
• valueOf() returns the milliseconds representation of the date.

Example

var date1 = new Date(2007, 0, 1);          //"January 1, 2007"
var date2 = new Date(2007, 1, 1);          //"February 1, 2007"
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console.log(date1.toString());
console.log(date1.toLocaleString());
console.log(date1 < date2);  //true, calling valueOf() from Date
console.log(date1 > date2);  //false, calling valueOf() from Date

The code above generates the following result.