converting yyyy-mm in string format to a month name var javascript

Question

if I had a string like this:

var dte = '2017-07'

how would I convert that to another var with a value of 'July'?

Err... `'2017-07'` is not a Date object... – jdphenix Aug 28 '16 at 20:35 — jdphenix, Aug 28 '16 at 20:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '16 at 20:32

Use the split() function like this:

    var dte = "2017-07";
    var res = dte.split("-");

Res is an array of each part of the split, so access the month number by typing res[1]. Then I would compare the number in a switch-statement and get out the month name.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '16 at 20:44

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var dte = '2017-07'
var months = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'];
var another = months[+dte.split('-')[1] - 1]
console.log(another);

answered Aug 28 '16 at 20:44

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 28 '16 at 20:32

First you split the string in "yyyy", "-" and "mm". Then you compare the last string, "mm" with paterns that correspond to the correct month. You could do this with 2 string arrays. 1 has the paterns, "01", "02" etc. The other has names, "januari", "februari" etc. Iiterate the for loop over the first array. When you have a match, you know the word you are looking for is in the other array, at the same index.

converting yyyy-mm in string format to a month name var javascript

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