Returns the number of the month for a specified date.

Syntax

<oRef>.getMonth( )

<oRef>

The Date object whose corresponding month number you want to return.

Property of

Date

Description

The getMonth( ) method returns a date’s month number. The number is zero-based:

Month

Number

January

0

February

1

March

2

April

3

May

4

June

5

July

6

August

7

September

8

October

9

November

10

December

11

Note

The equivalent date function, MONTH( ), is one-based, not zero-based.