JavaScript getMonth() Method
 Complete Date Object Reference
Definition and Usage
The getMonth() method returns the month, as a number.
Syntax
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>
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The output of the code above will be:
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>
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The output of the code above will be:
Try-It-Yourself Demos
getMonth()
How to use getMonth() to get the name of the current month.
Display the
current date in different formats
How to use getDate(), getMonth(), and getFullYear() to display the current date
in different formats.
Complete Date Object Reference
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