Quick Reference
The Date toString() method returns a Date object as a string.
<!-- html element to place output -->
<p id="my_output"></p>// variable
let my_date = new Date();
// set date
let text = my_date.toString();
// output to the HTML element
document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = text;Output
Tue Aug 23 2022 14:33:47 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)Syntax
Date.toString()JavaScript Notes:
- When using JavaScript, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
- JavaScript is a case-sensitive language; firstName is NOT the same as firstname
- Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on
- JavaScript variables must begin with a letter, $, or _
- JavaScript variables are case sensitive (x is not the same as X)
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