get current month in javascript code example

Example 1: javascript month name

let date = new Date(2020, 05, 21); // 2020-06-21
let longMonth = date.toLocaleString('en-us', { month: 'long' }); /* June */
let shortMonth = date.toLocaleString('en-us', { month: 'short' }); /* Jun */
let narrowMonth = date.toLocaleString('en-us', { month: 'narrow' }); /* J */

Example 2: javascript getmonth

new Date().getMonth(); //note that Jan=0, Dec=11 (annoying I know)

Example 3: current month in javascript

// Find current month in JavaScript
const localDate = new Date();
const months = [
  'January',
  'February',
  'March',
  'April',
  'May',
  'June',
  'July',
  'August',
  'September',
  'October',
  'November',
  'December',
];
let currentMonth = months[localDate.getMonth()];
console.log(currentMonth);

Example 4: javascript get current day of month

new Date().getDate();//gets day of month (1-31)

Example 5: get current date javascript full month

var Xmas95 = new Date();
var options = { month: 'long'};
console.log(new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', options).format(Xmas95));
// December
console.log(new Intl.DateTimeFormat('de-DE', options).format(Xmas95));
// Dezember

Example 6: get current month of year in number javascript

var today = new Date();
var month = today.getMonth(); // Returns 9
console.log(month); // Output: 9