convert the .getMonth to string month in javaScript(convert 0 to jan)

Question

i have the month and the array list. var month has the date month number. wanted to convert that number to alphabet.

function setDate(data){
    var d = new Date(data.event_details.event_start_date);
    var month = d.getMonth();
    var m = ["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"];

    console.log(m);

}

Callam · Answer 1 · 2019-01-22T06:53:23.180

Just access the array of month names using the result of getMonth() as the index.

function setDate(data){
  const date = new Date(data.event_details.event_start_date);
  const months = [
    "Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"
  ];
  console.log(months[date.getMonth()]);
}

setDate({ event_details: { event_start_date: Date.now() } });

Alternatively, you can ditch the months array altogether and use toLocaleDateString.

function setDate(data) {
  const date = new Date(data.event_details.event_start_date);
  const month = date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", { month: 'short' });
  
  console.log(month);
}

setDate({ event_details: { event_start_date: Date.now() } });

bravo for the suggested use of built-in language features. – Ben Steward Jan 22 '19 at 06:53 — Ben Steward, Jan 22 '19 at 06:53

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '19 at 06:47

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You can access the month by m[month]

answered Jan 22 '19 at 06:47

Umair Farooq

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Though this could have been a comment, this is actually an answer for this question. +1 – Rajesh Jan 22 '19 at 07:01

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '19 at 06:48

  function setDate(data){
    var d = new Date(data.event_details.event_start_date); 
    var month = d.getMonth();
    var m =  ["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"];
    console.log(m[month]);
  }

Use the index to get month

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 22 '19 at 06:50

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Because Date.getMonth() returns a number corresponding to the zero-based index of the month, you can simply use that number to access that index in your array (m).

const monthName = m[month]

answered Jan 22 '19 at 06:50

Ben Steward

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 22 '19 at 06:51

indexOf is the function you need. Here is the codepen link

function setDate(data){
    var d = new Date(data.event_details.event_start_date);
    var month = d.getMonth();
    var m = ["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"];
    var monthName=m[month];
    console.log("month= " +monthName );
  }

convert the .getMonth to string month in javaScript(convert 0 to jan)

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