Convert to String

var date1 = new Date();
date1.toString();

Returns: “Fri Apr 15 2016 07:48:48 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)”

Convert to Time String

var date1 = new Date();
date1.toTimeString();

Returns: “07:48:48 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)”

Convert to Date String

var date1 = new Date();
date1.toDateString();

Returns: “Thu Apr 14 2016”

Convert to UTC String

var date1 = new Date();
date1.toUTCString();

Returns: “Fri, 15 Apr 2016 11:48:48 GMT”

Convert to ISO String

var date1 = new Date();
date1.toISOString();

Returns: “2016-04-14T23:49:08.596Z”

Convert to GMT String

var date1 = new Date();
date1.toGMTString();

Returns: “Thu, 14 Apr 2016 23:49:08 GMT”

This function has been marked as deprecated so some browsers may not support it in the future. It is suggested to use toUTCString() instead.

Convert to Locale Date String

var date1 = new Date();
date1.toLocaleDateString();

Returns: “4/14/2016”

This function returns a locale sensitive date string based upon the user’s location by default.

date1.toLocaleDateString([locales [, options]])

can be used to provide specific locales but is browser implementation specific. For example,

date1.toLocaleDateString(["zh", "en-US"]);

would attempt to print the string in the chinese locale using United States English as a fallback. The options parameter can be used to provide specific formatting. For example:

var options = { weekday: 'long', year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' };
date1.toLocaleDateString([], options);

would result in

“Thursday, April 14, 2016”.

See the MDN for more details.