# Date.toString()

#### Availability

Flash Player 5.

#### Usage

    my_date.toString()

#### Parameters

None.

#### Returns

A string.

#### Description

Method; returns a string value for the specified date object in a readable format, and returns the new time in milliseconds.

#### Example

The following example returns the information in the `dateOfBirth_date` Date object as a string.

    var dateOfBirth_date = new Date(74, 7, 12, 18, 15);
    trace (dateOfBirth_date.toString());

Output (for Pacific Standard Time):

    Mon Aug 12 18:15:00 GMT-0700 1974