The date.getMonth() is an inbuilt function in JavaScript which is used to fetch the month from given Date object.
Syntax:
DateObj.getMonth()
In the above syntax, DateObj is a valid Date object created using Date() conctructor from which we want to fetch months.
Parameter: This function does not takes any parameter. It is just used along with a Date Object from which we want to fetch Months.
Return Value: It returns the Month for the given Date object. Month is an integer value ranging from 0 to 11. Zero (0) means January, 1 means February and so on till 11 means December.
Below program illustrate the date.getMonth() method:
<script type= "text/javascript" > // creating a Date Object var DateObj = new Date( 'October 15, 1996 05:35:32' ); // month from above Date Object is // being extracted using getMonth() var months = DateObj.getMonth(); // Printing month. console.log(months); </script> |
Output:
9
Errors and Exceptions:
<script type= "text/javascript" > // Creating a Date Object var DateObj = new Date( 'October 33, 1996 05:35:32' ); // month from above Date Object is being // extracted using getMonth() var months = DateObj.getMonth(); // Printing month. console.log(months); </script> |
Output:
NaN
<script type= "text/javascript" > // Creating a Date Object var DateObj = new Date( '1996 05:35:32' ); // month from above Date Object is being // extracted using getMonth() var months = DateObj.getMonth(); // Printing month. console.log(months); </script> |
Output:
0
<script type= "text/javascript" > // Creating a Date Object var DateObj = new Date(); // month from above Date Object is being // extracted using getMonth() var months = DateObj.getMonth(); // Printing month. console.log(months); </script> |
Output:
2
Application: It has many applications such as getting current month. Below program shows one of the applications of this function. It gives the current month.
<script type= "text/javascript" > // Creating a Date Object var DateObj = new Date(); // month from above Date Object is being // extracted using getMonth() var months = DateObj.getMonth(); // Printing month. console.log(months); </script> |
Output:
2
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