JavaScript: Get time differences in months between two dates

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:52 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

JavaScript Datetime: Exercise-48 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function to get time differences in months between two dates.

Test Data:
dt1 = new Date("June 13, 2014 08:11:00");
dt2 = new Date("October 19, 2014 11:13:00");
console.log(diff_months(dt1, dt2));
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Sample Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript function to get time differences in months between two dates</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function diff_months(dt2, dt1) 
 {

  var diff =(dt2.getTime() - dt1.getTime()) / 1000;
   diff /= (60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * 4);
  return Math.abs(Math.round(diff));
  
 }

dt1 = new Date(2014,10,2);
dt2 = new Date(2014,10,11);
console.log(diff_months(dt1, dt2));

dt1 = new Date("June 13, 2014 08:11:00");
dt2 = new Date("October 19, 2014 11:13:00");
console.log(diff_months(dt1, dt2));

Sample Output:

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5

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

See the Pen JavaScript - Get time differences in months between two dates-date-ex-48 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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