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# description

The representation is useful for debugging only.
There are a number of options to acquire a formatted string for a date including: date formatters
(see [NSDateFormatter](//apple_ref/occ/cl/NSDateFormatter) and
[Data Formatting Guide](//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000029i)), and the `Date`
function `description(locale:)`.

```
var description: String { get }
```

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