_docs-v6/date-library/formatDate.md
A utility function that formats a date into a string.
<div class='spec' markdown='1'> FullCalendar.formatDate( *date*, *settings* ) </div>date can be a Date Object or something that will parse into a Date Object.
settings is an object that holds any of the date format config options. It also accepts the following additional properties:
locale — the name of a locale like 'es'timeZone — the name of a time zone. Either 'local', 'UTC', or a named time zoneExample:
import { formatDate } from '@fullcalendar/core'
let str = formatDate('2018-09-01', {
month: 'long',
year: 'numeric',
day: 'numeric',
timeZoneName: 'short',
timeZone: 'UTC',
locale: 'es'
})
console.log(str) // "1 de septiembre de 2018 0:00 UTC"