get full month javascript date 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 get current day of month

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

Example 3: 3 letter months javascript array

var months = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
var today = new Date();

// Show date in "dd-mm-yyyy' format.
var d = today.getDate();
var m = months[today.getMonth()];
var y = months.getFullYear();

console.log(d + "-" + m + "-" + y);

Example 4: get current month of year in number javascript

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