Month number to string

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

What would be the best way to convert a month number to its corresponding
string? I.e, 3 -> 'March'. Is there a builtin function or must I use a
lookup table or something?

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[Janwillem Borleffs]

Re: Month number to string


"Christophe r Benson-Manica" <ataru@nospam.c yberspace.org> wrote in message
news:bn3l3g$59m $1@chessie.cirr .com...[color=blue]
> What would be the best way to convert a month number to its corresponding
> string? I.e, 3 -> 'March'. Is there a builtin function or must I use a
> lookup table or something?
>[/color]

Just use an array, e.g.:
var months = ['January', 'February', ....etc]

and then:
var monthString = months[new Date().getMonth ()];


JW

[Dr John Stockton]

Re: Month number to string

JRS: In article <3f955856$0$273 5$1b62eedf@news .euronet.nl>, seen in
news:comp.lang. javascript, Janwillem Borleffs <jw@jwscripts.c om> posted
at Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:02:22 :-[color=blue]
>
>"Christophe r Benson-Manica" <ataru@nospam.c yberspace.org> wrote in message
>news:bn3l3g$59 m$1@chessie.cir r.com...[color=green]
>> What would be the best way to convert a month number to its corresponding
>> string? I.e, 3 -> 'March'. Is there a builtin function or must I use a
>> lookup table or something?
>>[/color]
>
>Just use an array, e.g.:
> var months = ['January', 'February', ....etc]
>
>and then:
> var monthString = months[new Date().getMonth ()];[/color]

That array will give April for the index 3. The OP, starting with the
conventional number for the month, must either subtract 1 or add a dummy
zeroth month : ['', 'Janu... .

The code given is correct, but for a different question.

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