get month name and year 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: get current month of year in number javascript

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