Date.toUTCString()

Converts a Date object to a string, according to universal time

The toUTCString() method converts a date to a string, using the UTC time zone.

var event = new Date('14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 PDT');

console.log(event.toUTCString());
// expected output: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Syntax

dateObj.toUTCString()

Return value

A string representing the given date using the UTC time zone.

Description

The value returned by toUTCString() is a human readable string in the UTC time zone. The format of the return value may vary according to the platform. The most common return value is a RFC-1123 formatted date stamp, which is a slightly updated version of RFC-822 date stamps.

Examples

Using toUTCString()

var today = new Date('Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 PDT');
var UTCstring = today.toUTCString(); // Wed, 14 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT

References

Date.prototype.toUTCString() - JavaScript | MDNMDN Web Docs

Contributors to this page

Uros Durdevic