Date.getMonth()
Returns the month (from 0-11)
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).
var moonLanding = new Date('July 20, 69 00:20:18');
console.log(moonLanding.getMonth()); // (January gives 0)
// expected output: 6
Syntax
dateObj.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()
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
References
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