The date.getMonth() method is used to fetch the month(0 to 11) from the given Date object (0 represents the first month of the year).
Syntax:
DateObj.getMonth()
Parameter: This function does not accept any parameter.
Return Value: It returns the Month for the given Date object. The month is an integer value ranging from 0 to 11. Zero (0) means January, 1 means February, and so on till 11 means December.
The below examples illustrate the JavaScript Date getMonth() Method:
Example 1: In this example, we will use the Date getMonth() method.
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// Creating a Date Objectlet DateObj = new Date('October 15, 1996 05:35:32');// Month from above Date Object is// Being extracted using getMonth()let months = DateObj.getMonth();// Printing month.console.log(months); |
Output:
9
Example 2: Here the date of the month should lie between 1 to 31 because no date can have a month greater than 31. That is why it returns NaN i.e, Not a Number if the month in the Date object is greater than 31.
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// Creating a Date Objectlet DateObj = new Date('October 33, 1996 05:35:32');// Month from above Date Object is being // Extracted using getMonth()let months = DateObj.getMonth();// Printing month.console.log(months); |
Output:
NaN
Example 3: If the month is not given, it returns zero (0).
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// Creating a Date Objectlet DateObj = new Date('1996 05:35:32');// Month from above Date Object is being // Extracted using getMonth()let months = DateObj.getMonth();// Printing month.console.log(months); |
Output:
0
Example 4: If nothing as a parameter is given, it returns the current month.
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// Creating a Date Objectlet DateObj = new Date();// Month from above Date Object is being // Extracted using getMonth()let months = DateObj.getMonth();// Printing month.console.log(months); |
Output:
2
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by the JavaScript Date getMonth() method are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Firefox 1 and above
- Internet Explorer 4 and above
- Opera 3 and above
- Safari 1 and above
We have a complete list of Javascript Javascript Date methods, to check those please go through the Javascript Date Object Complete Reference article.
