Temporal.Now.plainDateISO()

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The Temporal.Now.plainDateISO() static method returns the current date as a Temporal.PlainDate object, in the ISO 8601 calendar and the specified time zone.

Syntax

Temporal.Now.plainDateISO()
Temporal.Now.plainDateISO(timeZone)

Parameters

timeZone Optional: Either a string or a Temporal.ZonedDateTime instance representing the time zone to interpret the system time in. If a Temporal.ZonedDateTime instance, its time zone is used. If a string, it can be a named time zone identifier, an offset time zone identifier, or a date-time string containing a time zone identifier or an offset (see time zones and offsets for more information).

Return value

The current date in the specified time zone, as a Temporal.PlainDate object using the ISO 8601 calendar.

Exceptions

RangeError: Thrown if the time zone is invalid.

Examples

Using Temporal.Now.plainDateISO()

// The current date in the system's time zone
const date = Temporal.Now.plainDateISO();
console.log(date); // e.g.: 2021-10-01

// The current date in the "America/New_York" time zone
const dateInNewYork = Temporal.Now.plainDateISO("America/New_York");
console.log(dateInNewYork); // e.g.: 2021-09-30

Specifications

Specification
Temporal proposal # sec-temporal.now.plaindateiso

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile						Server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	Deno	Node.js
`plainDateISO`	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1.40	No