date.toUTCString() it's not a function

Question

Hello when i try to convert my date to format UTC it throwing TypeError: date.toUTCString it's not a function any suggestions?

Solution

As DontVoteMeDown said: Date.now() does not return a date object, instead Date.now() returns the number of milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC.

To get the current timestamp as a Date object

var date = new Date( Date.now() );

Or more simply (but less readable)

var date = new Date(); 

Comments

[Teemu]

Please add your code to the post, as text.

[DontVoteMeDown]

Date.now() does not returns a Date object.

[andy94]

Just fix it: let date = new Date(Date.now()); let fixedDateFormat = date.toUTCString();

[RobG]

I can't see how new Date() is less readable than new Date()Date.now()), in which the Date.now call is entirely redundant.

[Noah Rose Ledesma]

@RobG there's no way to know that new Date() constructs a date object for the current time without having read the documentation, or guessing. New Date could construct an empty Date object

[RobG]

There are many ways to obtain knowledge. The same logic could be applied to not knowing what Date.now() produces. You might even say new Date(Date()) is more readable, since Date() returns a human readable string that is easily understood rather than the seemingly meaningless number returned by Date.now().