Date.prototype.toTemporalInstant()

Limited availability

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

The toTemporalInstant() method of Date instances returns a new Temporal.Instant object with the same epochMilliseconds value as this date's timestamp.

Use this method to convert legacy Date values to the Temporal API, then further convert it to other Temporal classes as necessary.

Syntax

js
toTemporalInstant()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A new Temporal.Instant object with the same epochMilliseconds value as this date's timestamp. Its microsecond and nanosecond components are always 0.

Exceptions

RangeError

Thrown if the date is invalid (it has a timestamp of NaN).

Examples

Using toTemporalInstant()

js
const legacyDate = new Date("2021-07-01T12:34:56.789Z");
const instant = legacyDate.toTemporalInstant();

// Further convert it to other objects
const zdt = instant.toZonedDateTimeISO("UTC");
const date = zdt.toPlainDate();
console.log(date.toString()); // 2021-07-01

Specifications

Specification
Temporal
# sec-date.prototype.totemporalinstant

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile server
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Bun
Deno
Node.js
toTemporalInstant
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 144 (Release date: 2026-01-13)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 144 (Release date: 2026-01-21)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 139 (Release date: 2025-05-27)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 128 (Release date: 2026-02-26)
footnote Full support
Safari – Preview support
Safari TP
footnote
footnote See bug 223166
footnote Preview browser support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 144 (Release date: 2026-01-13)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 139 (Release date: 2025-05-27)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 95 (Release date: 2026-02-11)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 144 (Release date: 2026-01-13)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
Bun – No support
Bun
footnote No support
Deno – Full support
Deno 2.7 (Release date: 2026-02-25)
footnote Full support
Node.js – No support
Node.js
footnote No support

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Full support
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No support
See implementation notes.

See also