Easiest way to convert month name to month number in JS ? (Jan = 01)

Question

Just want to covert Jan to 01 (date format)

I can use array() but looking for another way...

Any suggestion?

Answer 1

var monthNames = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];

then just call monthNames[1] that will be Feb

So you can always make something like

  monthNumber = "5";
  jQuery('#element').text(monthNames[monthNumber])

Answer 2

function getMonthDays(MonthYear) {
  var months = [
    'January',
    'February',
    'March',
    'April',
    'May',
    'June',
    'July',
    'August',
    'September',
    'October',
    'November',
    'December'
  ];

  var Value=MonthYear.split(" ");      
  var month = (months.indexOf(Value[0]) + 1);      
  return new Date(Value[1], month, 0).getDate();
}

console.log(getMonthDays("March 2011"));

Answer 3

I usually used to make a function:

function getMonth(monthStr){
    return new Date(monthStr+'-1-01').getMonth()+1
}

And call it like :

getMonth('Jan');
getMonth('Feb');
getMonth('Dec');

Answer 4

Here is a simple one liner function

//ECHMA5
function GetMonth(anyDate) { 
   return 'Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May,Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec'.split(',')[anyDate.getMonth()];
 }
//
// ECMA6
var GetMonth = (anyDate) => 'Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May,Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec'.split(',')[anyDate.getMonth()];

Answer 5

Another way;

alert( "JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec".indexOf("Jun") / 3 + 1 );

Answer 6

Here is another way :

var currentMonth = 1
var months = ["ENE", "FEB", "MAR", "APR", "MAY", "JUN", 
              "JUL", "AGO", "SEP", "OCT", "NOV", "DIC"];

console.log(months[currentMonth - 1]);