Quick Reference
The Date getMonth() method returns the month (0 to 11) of a Date object: January = 0, February = 1, March = 2 … December = 11.
<!-- html element to place output -->
<p id="my_output"></p>Getting today’s date:
// variables
let my_date = new Date();
let my_month = my_date.getMonth();
// output to the HTML element
document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = my_month;Getting a specific date:
// variables
let my_date = new Date('January 16, 2022 04:30:00');
let my_month = my_date.getMonth();
// output to the HTML element
document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = my_month;Output
7Syntax
Date.getMonth()JavaScript Notes:
- When using JavaScript, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
- JavaScript is a case-sensitive language; firstName is NOT the same as firstname
- Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on
- JavaScript variables must begin with a letter, $, or _
- JavaScript variables are case sensitive (x is not the same as X)
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