What is JavaScript's default Date format?

Question

What is the name of this format?

Wed Jul 06 2022 14:42:13 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

This format is the default format that is output "Independent of input format" from new Date().

• source - https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_date_formats.asp w3schools explains the format but fails to mention what it's called before getting into other ISO format types.

How do you turn a date into that format using Moment.js?

• Example: 2022-07-15T00:00:00.000Z or 2015-03-25

console.log(moment(new Date()).toISOString());
// 2022-07-06T19:08:36.670Z

console.log(moment(new Date()).toString());
// Wed Jul 06 2022 15:08:36 GMT-0400

console.log(new Date());
// Wed Jul 06 2022 15:08:36 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

console.log(new Date().toString());
// Wed Jul 06 2022 15:08:36 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

You can see that moment(new Date()).toISOString() and moment(new Date()).toString() DO NOT output that same format as the default JS format.

• moment(new Date()).toString() is close, but is still missing the (Eastern Daylight Time) which is part of the default.

Answer 1

Answer:

console.log(moment(new Date()).toDate());

That was way harder to find than it should have been.

console.log(moment(new Date()).toDate());
// Wed Jul 06 2022 15:25:52 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

console.log(new Date());
// Wed Jul 06 2022 15:25:52 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

console.log(new Date().toString());
// Wed Jul 06 2022 15:25:52 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Bonus:

console.log(moment(1234, moment.ISO_8601, true).isValid());
// true

console.log(1234 instanceof Date)
// false

console.log(new Date() instanceof Date);
// true