diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/Date.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/Date.cpp
index c96addb14e..39a07cdcc6 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/Date.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/Date.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <LibJS/Heap/Heap.h>
 #include <LibJS/Runtime/Date.h>
 #include <LibJS/Runtime/GlobalObject.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 namespace JS {
 
@@ -17,6 +19,15 @@ Date* Date::create(GlobalObject& global_object, Core::DateTime datetime, u16 mil
     return global_object.heap().allocate<Date>(global_object, datetime, milliseconds, is_invalid, *global_object.date_prototype());
 }
 
+Date* Date::now(GlobalObject& global_object)
+{
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, nullptr);
+    auto datetime = Core::DateTime::now();
+    auto milliseconds = static_cast<u16>(tv.tv_usec / 1000);
+    return create(global_object, datetime, milliseconds);
+}
+
 Date::Date(Core::DateTime datetime, u16 milliseconds, bool is_invalid, Object& prototype)
     : Object(prototype)
     , m_datetime(datetime)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/Date.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/Date.h
index fd17c68481..fc75f2d280 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/Date.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/Date.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Date final : public Object {
 
 public:
     static Date* create(GlobalObject&, Core::DateTime, u16 milliseconds, bool is_invalid = false);
+    static Date* now(GlobalObject&);
 
     Date(Core::DateTime datetime, u16 milliseconds, bool is_invalid, Object& prototype);
     virtual ~Date() override;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/DateConstructor.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/DateConstructor.cpp
index 9d21a7907f..33c2bf5259 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/DateConstructor.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/DateConstructor.cpp
@@ -141,22 +141,14 @@ DateConstructor::~DateConstructor()
 
 Value DateConstructor::call()
 {
-    auto date = construct(*this);
-    if (!date.is_object())
-        return {};
-    return js_string(heap(), static_cast<Date&>(date.as_object()).string());
+    return js_string(heap(), Date::now(global_object())->string());
 }
 
 Value DateConstructor::construct(Function&)
 {
     auto& vm = this->vm();
-    if (vm.argument_count() == 0) {
-        struct timeval tv;
-        gettimeofday(&tv, nullptr);
-        auto datetime = Core::DateTime::now();
-        auto milliseconds = static_cast<u16>(tv.tv_usec / 1000);
-        return Date::create(global_object(), datetime, milliseconds);
-    }
+    if (vm.argument_count() == 0)
+        return Date::now(global_object());
 
     auto create_invalid_date = [this]() {
         auto datetime = Core::DateTime::create(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0);