# TOML to JSON Guide

Convert TOML documents to JSON.

- Tool: https://ilham.dev/tools/toml-to-json/
- Guide URL: https://ilham.dev/guides/toml-to-json/
- Tool guides index: https://ilham.dev/guides/tools/
- Broader guide: Working With Structured Data (https://ilham.dev/guides/working-with-structured-data/)

## What it does

Convert TOML to JSON, turning tables into nested objects and arrays of tables into arrays. Dates and datetimes are kept as strings in their TOML form.

## Use the tool

Open https://ilham.dev/tools/toml-to-json/, add the input the tool asks for, run it, and check the output before using it elsewhere.

## Input and output

- Input: text.
- Output: text.
- Category: Formats.

## Privacy and processing
Processing happens locally in your browser. This tool does not upload the input to ilham.dev.

## Questions

### How are TOML dates represented?

JSON has no date type, so they become ISO 8601 strings — the same text, with the type information lost. That is a limitation of the target format.