Date.prototype.toUTCString()

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

Based on rfc7231 and modified according to ecma-262 toUTCString, it can have negative values in the 2021 version

Syntax

toUTCString()

Return value

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

Description

The value returned by toUTCString() is a string in the form Www, dd Mmm yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT, Where:

Format String	Description
`Www`	Day of week, as three letters (e.g. Sun, Mon, ...)
`dd`	Day of month, as two digits with leading zero if required
`Mmm`	Month, as three letters (e.g. Jan, Feb, ...)
`yyyy`	Year, as four or more digits with leading zeroes if required
`hh`	Hour, as two digits with leading zero if required
`mm`	Minute, as two digits with leading zero if required
`ss`	Seconds, as two digits with leading zero if required

Prior to ECMAScript 2018, the format of the return value varied according to the platform. The most common return value was an RFC-1123 formatted date stamp, which is a slightly updated version of RFC-822 date stamps.

Examples

Using toUTCString()

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

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification (ECMAScript) # sec-date.prototype.toutcstring

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`toUTCString`	1	12	1	4	4	1	1	18	4	10.1	1	1.0