HTML | DOM Input Month min Property

Difficulty Level : Basic
Last Updated : 18 Mar, 2019

The DOM Input Month min property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the value of the min attribute of a Month field. The min attribute specifies the minimum value of Month and year for a Month field.

Syntax:

It returns the min property.
```
monthObject.min
```
It is used to set the min property.
```
monthObject.min = YYYY-MM
```

Property Values:

YYYY-MM: This values states the minimum year and month. Here YYYY is the year i.e. 2019 and MM is the month i.e. 03 .

Return Value: It returns a string which represents the minimum value allowed for a Month field.

Example-1: This example returns the Input Month min property.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Input Month min Property
    </title>
</head>
  
<body style="text-align:center;">
  
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
  
    <h2>
      DOM Input Month min Property
  </h2>
    <form id="myGeeks">
        <input type="month"
               id="month_id"
               name="geeks"
               min="2019-01">
    </form>
    <br>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
      Click Here!
  </button>
  
    <p id="GFG" 
       style="font-size:20px;">
  </p>
  
    <!-- Script to return 
      the min property-->
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
   
          var gfg = 
             document.getElementById(
               "month_id").min;
            
            document.getElementById(
              "GFG").innerHTML = gfg;
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>

Output
Before clicking on the button:

After clicking on the button:

Example-2: This Example illustrates how to set the property.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Input Month min Property
    </title>
</head>
  
<body style="text-align:center;">
  
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
  
    <h2>
      DOM Input Month min Property
  </h2>
    <form id="myGeeks">
        <input type="month" 
               id="month_id" 
               name="geeks">
    </form>
    <br>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
      Click Here!
  </button>
  
    <p id="GFG" 
       style="font-size:20px;">
  </p>
  
    <!-- Script to set the min property-->
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            
            var gfg =
                document.getElementById(
                  "month_id");
            gfg.min = "2019-01";
            var g = gfg.min;
            
            document.getElementById(
              "GFG").innerHTML = g;
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>