Date.prototype.toUTCString()

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

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Syntax

dateObj.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:

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

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See also

• Date.prototype.toLocaleString()
• Date.prototype.toDateString()
• Date.prototype.toISOString()