Get month in mm format in javascript

Question

How do I retrieve the month from the current date in mm format? (i.e. \"05\")

This is my current code:

var currentDate = new Date();
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Answer 1

If you do this

var currentDate = new Date();
var currentMonth = currentDate.getMonth() + 1;

then currentMonth is a number, which you can format as you want, see this question that will help you with formatting: How can I format an integer to a specific length in javascript?

Answer 2

for the date:

("0" + this.getDate()).slice(-2)

and similar for the month:

("0" + (this.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2)

Answer 3

An alternative with ES6 template strings

A solution for mm/yyyy. Not quite the question, but I guess remove the second part.

const MonthYear = `${dateObj.getMonth() < 10 ? '0' : '' }${dateObj.getMonth()+1}/${dateObj.getFullYear()}`

const Month = `${dateObj.getMonth() < 10 ? '0' : '' }${dateObj.getMonth()+1}`