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# Javascript Date toLocaleFormat() Method

## Description:

Javascript date toLocaleFormat() method converts a date to a string using the specified formatting.

Note: This method may not work in all the browsers like IE.

## Syntax:

    Date.toLocaleFormat(formatString);

Here is the detail of parameters:

- formatString : A format string in the same format expected by the strftime() function in C.

## Return Value:

Returns the formatted date.

## Example:

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>JavaScript toLocaleFormat Method</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <script type="text/javascript">
       var dt = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);
       document.write( "Formated Date : " +
                              dt.toLocaleFormat( "%A, %B %e, %Y" ) );
    </script>
    </body>
    </html>

This will produce following result :

    Formated Date : Wednesday, July , 1993

To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.

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