Date.prototype.getMonth()
The getMonth()
method returns the month in the specified
date according to local time, as a zero-based value (where zero indicates the first
month of the year).
Syntax
getMonth()
Return value
An integer number, between 0 and 11, representing the month in the given date according to local time. 0 corresponds to January, 1 to February, and so on.
Examples
Using getMonth()
The second statement below assigns the value 11 to the variable month
,
based on the value of the Date
object Xmas95
.
var Xmas95 = new Date('December 25, 1995 23:15:30');
var month = Xmas95.getMonth();
console.log(month); // 11
Note: If needed, the full name of a month (January
for
example) can be obtained by using
Intl.DateTimeFormat()
with an options
parameter. Using this method, internationalization is
made easier:
var options = { month: 'long'};
console.log(new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', options).format(Xmas95));
// December
console.log(new Intl.DateTimeFormat('de-DE', options).format(Xmas95));
// Dezember
Specifications
Specification |
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ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.getmonth |
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