{"id":23133,"date":"2018-11-06T16:15:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T14:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/?p=23133"},"modified":"2018-11-06T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T13:40:08","slug":"javascript-date-tostring-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/javascript\/javascript-date-tostring-example\/","title":{"rendered":"JavaScript Date toString() Example"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings readers, in this tutorial, we will show how to use the JavaScript scripting language and the Date <em>toString()<\/em> method.<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"introduction\"><\/a>1. Introduction<\/h2>\n<p><strong>JavaScript<\/strong> is an object-oriented programming language that allows the <em>client-side scripting<\/em> to interact with a user and deliver the dynamic pages. Most web browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Opera, etc. support it. The JavaScript scripting language includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Declaring variables<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining the retrieving values<\/li>\n<li>Defining and invoking functions<\/li>\n<li>Defining classes<\/li>\n<li>Load and use external modules<\/li>\n<li>Define event handlers<\/li>\n<li>And much more \u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ulp id=&#8217;tCIwOngQUb3zSUuF&#8217;]<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"pros\"><\/a>1.1 Advantages of JavaScript Language<\/h3>\n<p>The pros of using the JavaScript scripting language are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JavaScript is easy to learn<\/li>\n<li>It executes on client&#8217;s browser, so eliminates the server-side processing and be executed on any OS<\/li>\n<li>JavaScript can be used with any type of web page e.g. PHP, ASP.NET, Perl etc<\/li>\n<li>Web-page performance increases due to client-side execution<\/li>\n<li>JavaScript code can be minified to decrease the loading time from the server<\/li>\n<li>Many JavaScript-based application frameworks are available in the market to create Single page web applications e.g. AngularJS, ReactJS etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"cons\"><\/a>1.2 Disadvantages of JavaScript Language<\/h3>\n<p>The cons of using the JavaScript scripting language are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No support for networking applications<\/li>\n<li>Does not have any multi-threading or multi-processing capabilities<\/li>\n<li>Does not allow the file reading and writing capabilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"datetostring\"><\/a>1.3 JavaScript Date toString() method<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>JavaScript provides the <code>Date<\/code> object to work with <em>Date<\/em> and <em>Time<\/em> including days, months, years, hours, seconds and milliseconds<\/li>\n<li>The <code>toString()<\/code> is an inbuilt method that converts a <code>Date<\/code> object to a String representation<\/li>\n<li>The <code>toString()<\/code> method is automatically called,\n<ul>\n<li>When the <code>Date<\/code> is represented as a text value. For e.g. <code>console.log(new Date());<\/code><\/li>\n<li>When the <code>Date<\/code> is used in string concatenation. For e.g. <code>var today = 'Today is ' + new Date();<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <code>toString()<\/code> method represents a generic method, it does not require that it&#8217;s <code>this<\/code> is a <code>Date<\/code> instance<\/li>\n<li>Syntax:\n<pre class=\"brush:js; wrap-lines:false;\">var demo = dateObj.toString();<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"example\"><\/a>2. JavaScript Date toString() Example<\/h2>\n<p>Here is a systematic guide for implementing this tutorial using the JavaScript language.<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"tools\"><\/a>2.1 Tools Used<\/h3>\n<p>We are using Eclipse Kepler SR2, JDK 8 and Maven. Having said that, we have tested the code against JDK 1.7 and it works well.<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"projectstructure\"><\/a>2.2 Project Structure<\/h3>\n<p>Firstly, let us review the final project structure if you are confused about where you should create the corresponding files or folder later!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23134\" style=\"width: 363px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/structure-guide-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23134 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/structure-guide-1.jpg\" alt=\"JavaScript Date toString() - Application Project Structure\" width=\"363\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/structure-guide-1.jpg 363w, https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/structure-guide-1-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 1: Application Project Structure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><a name=\"projectcreation\"><\/a>2.3 Project Creation<\/h3>\n<p>This section will show on how to create a Java-based Maven project with Eclipse. In Eclipse Ide, go to <code>File -&gt; New -&gt; Maven Project<\/code>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23135\" style=\"width: 657px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23135 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_1.jpg\" alt=\"JavaScript Date toString() - Create a Maven Project\" width=\"657\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_1.jpg 657w, https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_1-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 2: Create a Maven Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the New Maven Project window, it will ask you to select the project location. By default, &#8216;Use default workspace location&#8217; will be selected. Just click on the next button to proceed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23136\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23136 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_2.jpg\" alt=\"JavaScript Date toString() - Project Details\" width=\"598\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_2.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_2-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 3: Project Details<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Select the &#8216;Maven Web App&#8217; Archetype from the list of options and click next.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23137\" style=\"width: 515px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23137 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_3.jpg\" alt=\"JavaScript Date toString() - Archetype Selection\" width=\"515\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_3.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_3-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 4: Archetype Selection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It will ask you to &#8216;Enter the group and the artifact id for the project&#8217;. We will input the details as shown in the below image. The version number will be by default: <code>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT<\/code>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23138\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23138 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_4.jpg\" alt=\"JavaScript Date toString() - Archetype Parameters\" width=\"599\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_4.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/js_datetostring_project_guide_4-300x268.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 5: Archetype Parameters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Click on Finish and the creation of a maven project is completed. If you see, it has downloaded the maven dependencies and a <code>pom.xml<\/code> file will be created. It will have the following code:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pom.xml<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:xml; wrap-lines:false;\">&lt;project xmlns=\"http:\/\/maven.apache.org\/POM\/4.0.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2001\/XMLSchema-instance\" xsi:schemaLocation=\"http:\/\/maven.apache.org\/POM\/4.0.0 http:\/\/maven.apache.org\/xsd\/maven-4.0.0.xsd\"&gt;\r\n\t&lt;modelVersion&gt;4.0.0&lt;\/modelVersion&gt;\r\n\t&lt;groupId&gt;com.javascript&lt;\/groupId&gt;\r\n\t&lt;artifactId&gt;JavaScriptDatetoString&lt;\/artifactId&gt;\r\n\t&lt;version&gt;0.0.1-SNAPSHOT&lt;\/version&gt;\r\n\t&lt;packaging&gt;war&lt;\/packaging&gt;\r\n&lt;\/project&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><a name=\"application\"><\/a>3. Application Building<\/h2>\n<p>Let us create an application to understand the basic building blocks of this tutorial.<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"html\"><\/a>3.1 Define the HTML<\/h3>\n<p>Let us write a simple index page in the <code>JavaScriptDatetoString\/src\/main\/webapp\/<\/code> folder. Add the following code to it:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>index.jsp<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:html; wrap-lines:false;\">&lt;!-- Date toString() function --&gt;\r\n&lt;div id=\"toString-info\"&gt;\r\n\t&lt;h3 class=\"text-primary font-weight-bold\"&gt;JavaScript Date&lt;\/h3&gt;\r\n\t&lt;ol class=\"text-info line-hgt\"&gt;\r\n\t\t&lt;li&gt;JavaScript provides the &lt;code&gt;Date&lt;\/code&gt; object to work with &lt;em&gt;Date&lt;\/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Time&lt;\/em&gt; including days, months, years, hours, seconds and milliseconds.&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n\t\t&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;toString()&lt;\/code&gt; method converts a &lt;code&gt;Date&lt;\/code&gt; object to a String representation.&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n\t\t&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;toString()&lt;\/code&gt; method is automatically called,\r\n\t\t\t&lt;ul&gt;\r\n\t\t\t\t&lt;li&gt;When the &lt;code&gt;Date&lt;\/code&gt; is represented as a text-value. For e.g. &lt;code&gt;console.log(new Date());&lt;\/code&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n\t\t\t\t&lt;li&gt;When the &lt;code&gt;Date&lt;\/code&gt; is used in string concatenation. For e.g. &lt;code&gt;var today = 'Today is ' + new Date();&lt;\/code&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n\t\t\t&lt;\/ul&gt;\r\n\t\t&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n\t\t&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;toString()&lt;\/code&gt; method is a generic method, it does not require that it's &lt;code&gt;this&lt;\/code&gt; is a &lt;code&gt;Date&lt;\/code&gt; instance&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n\t\t&lt;li&gt;Syntax:&lt;pre&gt;var demo = dateObj.toString();&lt;\/pre&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n\t&lt;\/ol&gt;\r\n&lt;\/div&gt;\r\n&lt;div&gt;\u00a0&lt;\/div&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;!-- showing result --&gt;\r\n&lt;h5 id=\"result\" class=\"text-success\"&gt;&lt;\/h5&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><a name=\"javascriptfunction\"><\/a>3.2 Define the JavaScript function<\/h3>\n<p>Let us write a simple javascript function that shows the execution of the <code>toString()<\/code> function. Add the following code to it:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>JavaScript function<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:js; wrap-lines:false;\">var dateObj = new Date();\r\n\r\n\/\/ Assigns a string value to 'today' in the same format as: Mon Sep 08 1998 14:36:22 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time).\r\nvar today = dateObj.toString();\r\n\r\n\/\/ assigning the output to the html.\r\ndocument.getElementById(\"result\").innerHTML = \"&lt;strong&gt;Today is&lt;\/strong&gt; \" + today;\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><a name=\"firstapplication\"><\/a>3.3 First application<\/h3>\n<p>Complete the above steps and save the file. Let us see the sample code snippet.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>index.jsp<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: html; wrap-lines:false;\">&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/html4\/loose.dtd\"&gt;\r\n&lt;html&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;head&gt;\r\n    &lt;title&gt;Index page&lt;\/title&gt;\r\n    &lt;meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\"&gt;\r\n    &lt;link href=\"https:\/\/stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com\/bootstrap\/4.1.3\/css\/bootstrap.min.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"&gt;\r\n    &lt;style&gt;\r\n        .line-hgt {\r\n            line-height: 2.0;\r\n        }\r\n    &lt;\/style&gt;\r\n&lt;\/head&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;body&gt;\r\n    &lt;div class=\"container\"&gt;\r\n        &lt;h2 align=\"center\" class=\"text-danger\"&gt;JavaScript Date &lt;code&gt;toString()&lt;\/code&gt; Example&lt;\/h2&gt;\r\n        &lt;hr \/&gt;\r\n\r\n        &lt;!-- Date toString() function --&gt;\r\n        &lt;div id=\"toString-info\"&gt;\r\n            &lt;h3 class=\"text-primary font-weight-bold\"&gt;JavaScript Date&lt;\/h3&gt;\r\n            &lt;ol class=\"text-info line-hgt\"&gt;\r\n                &lt;li&gt;JavaScript provides the &lt;code&gt;Date&lt;\/code&gt; object to work with &lt;em&gt;Date&lt;\/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Time&lt;\/em&gt; including days, months, years, hours, seconds and milliseconds.&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n                &lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;toString()&lt;\/code&gt; method converts a &lt;code&gt;Date&lt;\/code&gt; object to a String representation.&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n                &lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;toString()&lt;\/code&gt; method is automatically called,\r\n                    &lt;ul&gt;\r\n                        &lt;li&gt;When the &lt;code&gt;Date&lt;\/code&gt; is represented as a text-value. For e.g. &lt;code&gt;console.log(new Date());&lt;\/code&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n                        &lt;li&gt;When the &lt;code&gt;Date&lt;\/code&gt; is used in string concatenation. For e.g. &lt;code&gt;var today = 'Today is ' + new Date();&lt;\/code&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n                    &lt;\/ul&gt;\r\n                &lt;\/li&gt;\r\n                &lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;toString()&lt;\/code&gt; method is a generic method, it does not require that it's &lt;code&gt;this&lt;\/code&gt; is a &lt;code&gt;Date&lt;\/code&gt; instance&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n                &lt;li&gt;Syntax:&lt;pre&gt;var demo = dateObj.toString();&lt;\/pre&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\r\n            &lt;\/ol&gt;\r\n        &lt;\/div&gt;\r\n        &lt;div&gt;\u00a0&lt;\/div&gt;\r\n\r\n        &lt;!-- showing result --&gt;\r\n        &lt;h5 id=\"result\" class=\"text-success\"&gt;&lt;\/h5&gt;\r\n    &lt;\/div&gt;\r\n&lt;\/body&gt;\r\n&lt;script type=\"text\/javascript\"&gt;\r\n    var dateObj = new Date();\r\n    var today = dateObj.toString(); \/\/ Assigns a string value to 'today' in the same format as: Mon Sep 08 1998 14:36:22 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time).\r\n\r\n    \/\/ Assigning the output to the html.\r\n    document.getElementById(\"result\").innerHTML = \"&lt;strong&gt;Today is&lt;\/strong&gt; \" + today;\r\n&lt;\/script&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;\/html&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><a name=\"executeapplication\"><\/a>4. Run the Application<\/h2>\n<p>As we are ready for all the changes, let us compile the project and deploy the application on the Tomcat7 server. To deploy the application on Tomat7, right-click on the project and navigate to <code>Run as -&gt; Run on Server<\/code>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23139\" style=\"width: 808px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/deploy-img1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23139 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/deploy-img1.jpg\" alt=\"JavaScript Date toString() - Deploy Application on Tomcat\" width=\"808\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/deploy-img1.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/deploy-img1-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/deploy-img1-768x388.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 6: How to Deploy Application on Tomcat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tomcat will deploy the application in its web-apps folder and shall start its execution to deploy the project so that we can go ahead and test it in the browser.<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"projectdemo\"><\/a>5. Project Demo<\/h2>\n<p>Open your favorite browser and hit the following URL to display the application\u2019s index page as shown in Fig. 7.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:plain; wrap-lines:false;\">http:\/\/localhost:8082\/JavaScriptDatetoString\/<\/pre>\n<p>Server name (localhost) and port (8082) may vary as per your Tomcat configuration.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23140\" style=\"width: 815px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/demo-img1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23140 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/demo-img1-1.jpg\" alt=\"JavaScript Date toString() - Index page\" width=\"815\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/demo-img1-1.jpg 815w, https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/demo-img1-1-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/demo-img1-1-768x298.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 7: Index page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That is all for this tutorial and I hope the article served you whatever you were looking for. Happy Learning and do not forget to share!<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"projectconclusion\"><\/a>6. Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>In this section, developers learned how to create a simple application with the JavaScript language. Developers can download the sample application as an Eclipse project in the <a href=\"#projectDownload\">Downloads<\/a> section.<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"projectDownload\"><\/a>7. Download the Eclipse Project<\/h2>\n<p>This was an example of JavaScript Date toString() function for the beginners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"download\"><strong>Download<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can download the full source code of this example here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/JavaScriptDatetoString.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JavaScriptDatetoString<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings readers, in this tutorial, we will show how to use the JavaScript scripting language and the Date toString() method. 1. 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