JavaScript Date getMonth() Method

Below is the example of Date getMonth() method.

Example:

<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. 
   document.write(months); 
</script> 

Output:
```
9
```

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

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.

More codes for the above method are as follows:

Program 1: Here the date of the month should lie in between 1 to 31 because no date can have 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.

<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. 
   document.write(months); 
</script> 

Output:

NaN

Program 2: If month is not given, it returns zero (0).

<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. 
   document.write(months); 
</script> 

Output:

Program 3: If nothing as parameter is given, it returns 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. 
  document.write(months); 
</script> 

Output:

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

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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