Difference between getValue() and getDisplayValue() on google app script

Question

What is the difference of range.getDisplayValue() and range.getValue() on Google Apps Script?

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var val1 = sheet.getRange(7,5).getDisplayValue();
var val2 = sheet.getRange(7,5).getValue();

Val1 and Val2 are both same.

Answer 1

getDisplayValue returns the value as you see in the screen, therefore always a string, while getValue returns the value underneath, therefore an object. Which may be a string if the range has text in it.

The difference is more clear if the range has numbers or dates in it. Specially if the spreadsheet locale formats the numbers with commas as decimal separators or if you set custom formats in your ranges.