JavaScript: Get a short textual representation of a month
JavaScript Datetime: Exercise-27 with Solution
Write a JavaScript function to get a short textual representation of a month, three letters (Jan through Dec).
Test Data :
dt = new Date(2015, 10, 1);
console.log(short_months(dt));
"Nov"
Sample Solution:-
HTML Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>avaScript function to get a short textual representation of a month, three letters (Jan through Dec)</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript Code:
Date.shortMonths = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];
function short_months(dt)
{
return Date.shortMonths[dt.getMonth()];
}
dt = new Date();
console.log(short_months(dt));
dt = new Date(2015, 10, 1);
console.log(short_months(dt));
Sample Output:
Jun Nov
Flowchart:

Live Demo:
See the Pen JavaScript - Get a short textual representation of a month-date-ex-27 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.
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