javascript get month from 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 getmonth

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

Example 3: how to get only month and year in js

let dateObj = new Date();

let myDate = (dateObj.getUTCFullYear()) + "/" + (dateObj.getMonth() + 1)+ "/" + (dateObj.getUTCDate());

Example 4: 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);