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()

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

Date.prototype.getMonth() - JavaScript | MDNMDN Web Docs

Contributors to this page

Uros Durdevic