javascript get current day and month issue

Question

Using the javascript code below I get month = 3, day = 5, y = 2014. Of course I expect month 4 and day 18.

var TodayDate = new Date();
var d = TodayDate.getDay();
var m = TodayDate.getMonth();
var y = TodayDate.getFullYear();

What am I doing wrong?

This is not jQuery code, but only Javascript. See Date javascript documentation. — Vincent Decaux
– Vincent Decaux, Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 20:01
@VincentDecaux I didn't notice that I was using JavaScript and not jQuery. Would jQuery be better/faster? And if so, what jQuery function should it be? Thank you for catching my mistake. — Hidalgo
– Hidalgo, Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 20:17

Venkata Krishna · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-18 20:06:20Z

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you have to use getMonth() + 1 to get month (zero-index based) because javascript implementation followed JAVA & that is how java.util.Date did it.

getDay() - gives you 5 for today being Friday(6th Day of the week. Sunday 0 to Saturday 6)

getDate() - gives you 18 (today's date)

edited Apr 18, 2014 at 20:06

answered Apr 18, 2014 at 20:01

Venkata Krishna

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Hidalgo Over a year ago

Krishna, thank you. What about .getDay() why is it not correct?

Hidalgo Over a year ago

I have a tough time deciding to whom I should give the Answer since both answered at the same time :)

Venkata Krishna Over a year ago

@Hidalgo - Haha.. I will leave that to you, although I must say I answered a few seconds before Praveen did. I rest my case. I won't hold it against you if you accepted his answer though ;)

whitesiroi Over a year ago

Thank you very much for explanation about getMonth() as zero-index based.

Praveen · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-18 20:08:02Z

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it is getDate() not getDay()

var d = TodayDate.getDate();  //it returns the date 
var m = TodayDate.getMonth()+1; //returns the index of the month array
                                //for our convenience we add 1 to it

month in Date object is an array which starts with 0 -11 (Jan starting with 0 and dec ends with 11)

FYI:

getDay() - returns the day(ie, friday in number as 5 ) => Sun starts with 0 and Sat ends with 6 [Again it is an array]

edited Apr 18, 2014 at 20:08

answered Apr 18, 2014 at 20:01

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Chris Over a year ago

TodayDate is not defined!! like var TodayDate = new Date();

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