JavaScript function to add X months to a date

Question

I’m looking for the easiest, cleanest way to add X months to a JavaScript date.

I’d rather not handle the rolling over of the year or have to write my own function.<

Answer 1

Considering none of these answers will account for the current year when the month changes, you can find one I made below which should handle it:

The method:

Date.prototype.addMonths = function (m) {
    var d = new Date(this);
    var years = Math.floor(m / 12);
    var months = m - (years * 12);
    if (years) d.setFullYear(d.getFullYear() + years);
    if (months) d.setMonth(d.getMonth() + months);
    return d;
}

Usage:

return new Date().addMonths(2);