if I had a string like this:
var dte = '2017-07'
how would I convert that to another var with a value of 'July'?
3 Answers
var dte = '2017-07'
var months = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'];
var another = months[+dte.split('-')[1] - 1]
console.log(another);
Comments
Use the split() function like this:
var dte = "2017-07";
var res = dte.split("-");
Res is an array of each part of the split, so access the month number by typing res[1]. Then I would compare the number in a switch-statement and get out the month name.
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First you split the string in "yyyy", "-" and "mm". Then you compare the last string, "mm" with paterns that correspond to the correct month. You could do this with 2 string arrays. 1 has the paterns, "01", "02" etc. The other has names, "januari", "februari" etc. Iiterate the for loop over the first array. When you have a match, you know the word you are looking for is in the other array, at the same index.
'2017-07'is not a Date object...