title: Why does JavaScript setDate not return a date?
body: <p>I created a custom calendar for my application. I am using <code>new Date()</code> to set the state.</p>
  <pre><code>const [activeDate, setActiveDate] = useState(new Date())
  </code></pre>
  <p>When I console log activeDate this what I get back:</p>
  <pre><code>Sun Aug 16 2020 19:33:22 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
  </code></pre>
  <p>When I apply the setDate() method <code>activeDate.setDate(4)</code> this is what is returned</p>
  <pre><code>1596677602918
  </code></pre>
  <p>Any help would be appreciated!</p>