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Javascript : Get month name from Date object

Answer 1

A:

Store the names in a array and look up by the index of the month.

var month=new Array(12);
month[0]="January";
month[1]="February";
month[2]="March";
month[3]="April";
month[4]="May";
month[5]="June";
month[6]="July";
month[7]="August";
month[8]="September";
month[9]="October";
month[10]="November";
month[11]="December";

document.write("The current month is " + month[d.getMonth()]);

JavaScript getMonth() Method

rahul 2009-10-29 12:22:08

Answer 2

A:

Here is a neat method

(Ref: http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/JavaScript/0240__Date/TranslatetheDategetMonthtomonthname.htm )

 <html>
<head>
<title>Combine Date Values</title>
</head>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--

var months = new Array(12);
months[0] = "January";
months[1] = "February";
months[2] = "March";
months[3] = "April";
months[4] = "May";
months[5] = "June";
months[6] = "July";
months[7] = "August";
months[8] = "September";
months[9] = "October";
months[10] = "November";
months[11] = "December";

var current_date = new Date();
month_value = current_date.getMonth();
day_value = current_date.getDate();
year_value = current_date.getFullYear();

document.write("The current date is " + months[month_value] + " " +
day_value + ", " + year_value);

//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>

Haluk 2009-10-29 12:23:05

Answer 3

+6 A:

Shorter version:

var monthNames = [ "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
    "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" ];

document.write("The current month is " + monthNames[d.getMonth()]);

Jesper 2009-10-29 12:45:41

Answer 4

+2 A:

If you don't mind extending the Date prototype (and there are some good reasons to not want to do this), you can actually come up with a very easy method:

Date.prototype.monthNames = [
    "January", "February", "March",
    "April", "May", "June",
    "July", "August", "September",
    "October", "November", "December"
];

Date.prototype.getMonthName = function() {
    return this.monthNames[this.getMonth()];
};
Date.prototype.getShortMonthName = function () {
    return this.getMonthName().substr(0, 3);
};

// usage:
var d = new Date();
alert(d.getMonthName());      // "October"
alert(d.getShortMonthName()); // "Oct"

These functions will then apply to all javascript Date objects.

nickf 2009-10-29 12:52:53

Answer 5

+4 A:

Here's another one, with support for localization :)

Date.prototype.getMonthName = function(lang) {
    lang = lang && (lang in Date.locale) ? lang : 'en';
    return Date.locale[lang].month_names[this.getMonth()];
};

Date.prototype.getMonthNameShort = function(lang) {
    lang = lang && (lang in Date.locale) ? lang : 'en';
    return Date.locale[lang].month_names_short[this.getMonth()];
};

Date.locale = {
    en: {
       month_names: ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'],
       month_names_short: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
    }
};

you can then easily add support for other languages:

Date.locale.fr = {month_names: [...]};

edit: nickf was faster :)

krcko 2009-10-29 12:54:35

Thanks, nice solution.

Jesper 2009-10-29 12:59:59

Answer 6

A:

You might use datejs to do that. Check the FormatSpecifiers, MMMM gives you the month's name:

var objDate = new Date("10/11/2009");
document.write(objDate.toString("MMMM"));

And datejs got that localized for more than 150 locales! See here

Tim Büthe 2009-10-29 15:35:42

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