split method doesn't recognise String

Question

I have a method:

function setToMonday( date ) {
 var day = date.getDay() || 7; 
 if( day !== 1 ) 
 date.setHours(-24 * (day - 1)); 
 return date;
}

I need to call the split method on the returned date. But split is not recognised: gg.split is not a function

var gg = setToMonday(new Date().toString());
var week1 = gg.split('T')[0];
console.log(week1);

I've seen on other Q's to use toString()But it doesn't seem to be working for me.

• ASDFGerte: How does setToMonday not throw, when you are calling date.getDay on a string? I am confused.
• Samathingamajig: You should be calling toString() on the return of setToMonday(), not as the input to setToMonday()

Answer 1

You're putting toString in the wrong place. You don't want to convert the date you're passing in to a string, you want to convert the date you're getting out to a string:

var gg = setToMonday(new Date());
var week1 = gg.toString().split('T')[0];
console.log(week1);