Get last day of the month from '2015-02-23' string (javascript)

Question

I have a string that represents a date in this format: 2015-02-23

I need to use this date to get the last day of the month. How should I do the necessary conversions to achieve that?

Convert it to a Date first. Then go from there. (There are two separate tasks; questions and answers for both as discreet parts exist.) — user2864740, Feb 23 '15 at 17:16
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/222309/calculate-last-day-of-month-in-javascript — epascarello, Feb 23 '15 at 17:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '15 at 17:27

Here's a function that should work for you:

function getLastDayInMonth(s) {
  var date = new Date(s);
  var lastDate = date;
  var month = date.getMonth();
  
  while (date.getMonth() == month) {
    lastDate = date;
    date = new Date(lastDate.getTime() + 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24); //add 1 day
  }
  return lastDate.toDateString();
}

var lastDay = getLastDayInMonth('2015-02-23');
alert(lastDay);

Get last day of the month from '2015-02-23' string (javascript)

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