Definition and Usage The getMonth() method returns the month, as a number. Syntax dateObject.getMonth() Tips and Notes Note: The ...
Definition and Usage
The getMonth() method returns the month, as a number.Syntax
dateObject.getMonth() |
Tips and Notes
Note: The value returned by getMonth() is a number between 0 and 11. January is 0, February is 1 and so on.Note: This method is always used in conjunction with a Date object.
Example
In this example we get the current month and print it:<script type="text/javascript"> var d=new Date(); document.write(d.getMonth()); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
4 |
Example 2
Now we will create an array to get our example to write the name of the month, and not just a number:| <script type="text/javascript"> var d=new Date(); var month=new Array(12); month[0]="January"; month[1]="February"; month[2]="March"; month[3]="April"; month[4]="May"; month[5]="June"; month[6]="July"; month[7]="August"; month[8]="September"; month[9]="October"; month[10]="November"; month[11]="December"; document.write("The month is " + month[d.getMonth()]); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
The month is May |
