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# Date.toDateString()
Converts the date portion of a Date object into a readable string
The toDateString() method returns the date portion of a Date object in human readable form in American English.
```javascript
var event = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);
console.log(event.toString());
// expected output: Wed Jul 28 1993 14:39:07 GMT+0200 (CEST)
// (note: your timezone may vary)
console.log(event.toDateString());
// expected output: Wed Jul 28 1993
```
## Syntax
```javascript
dateObj.toDateString()
```
**Return value**
A string representing the date portion of the given [`Date`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date) object in human readable form in American English.
## Description
[`Date`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date) instances refer to a specific point in time. Calling [`toString()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toString) will return the date formatted in a human readable form in American English. In [SpiderMonkey](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/SpiderMonkey), this consists of the date portion (day, month, and year) followed by the time portion (hours, minutes, seconds, and time zone). Sometimes it is desirable to obtain a string of the time portion; such a thing can be accomplished with the `toTimeString()` method.
The `toDateString()` method is especially useful because compliant engines implementing [ECMA-262](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/ECMAScript) may differ in the string obtained from [`toString()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toString) for [`Date`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date)objects, as the format is implementation-dependent and simple string slicing approaches may not produce consistent results across multiple engines.
## Examples
#### A basic usage of `toDateString()`
```javascript
var d = new Date(1993, 5, 28, 14, 39, 7);
console.log(d.toString()); // logs Wed Jun 28 1993 14:39:07 GMT-0600 (PDT)
console.log(d.toDateString()); // logs Wed Jun 28 1993
```
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## Contributors to this page
Uros Durdevic