JavaScript Date getMonth() Method

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The date.getMonth() method is used to fetch the month(0 to 11) from the given Date object (0 represents the first month of the year).

Syntax:

DateObj.getMonth()

Parameter: This function does not accept any parameter.

Return Value: It returns the Month for the given Date object. The month is an integer value ranging from 0 to 11. Zero (0) means January, 1 means February, and so on till 11 means December.

The below examples illustrate the JavaScript Date getMonth() Method:

Example 1: In this example, we will use the Date getMonth() method.

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// Creating a Date Object
let DateObj = new Date('October 15, 1996 05:35:32');
 
// Month from above Date Object is
// Being extracted using getMonth()
let months = DateObj.getMonth();
 
// Printing month.
console.log(months);

Output:

Example 2: Here the date of the month should lie between 1 to 31 because no date can have a month greater than 31. That is why it returns NaN i.e, Not a Number if the month in the Date object is greater than 31.

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// Creating a Date Object
let DateObj = new Date('October 33, 1996 05:35:32');
 
// Month from above Date Object is being 
// Extracted using getMonth()
let months = DateObj.getMonth();
 
// Printing month.
console.log(months);

Output:

NaN

Example 3: If the month is not given, it returns zero (0).

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// Creating a Date Object
let DateObj = new Date('1996 05:35:32');
 
// Month from above Date Object is being 
// Extracted using getMonth()
let months = DateObj.getMonth();
 
// Printing month.
console.log(months);

Output:

Example 4: If nothing as a parameter is given, it returns the current month.

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// Creating a Date Object
let DateObj = new Date();
 
// Month from above Date Object is being 
// Extracted using getMonth()
let months = DateObj.getMonth();
 
// Printing month.
console.log(months);

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by the JavaScript Date getMonth() method are listed below:

Google Chrome 1 and above
Edge 12 and above
Firefox 1 and above
Internet Explorer 4 and above
Opera 3 and above
Safari 1 and above

We have a complete list of Javascript Javascript Date methods, to check those please go through the Javascript Date Object Complete Reference article.