I have this datetime string
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:14:47 +0200
I need to return the date portion from this. In other words, get date, month and year from it.
Currently I've done:
pub_date = new Date("Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:14:47 +0200")
day = pub_date.getDate()
month = pub_date.getMonth()
year = pub_date.getYear()
Only the day gets returned correctly. month and year return the wrong results. What would be more correct?
It should be pub_date.getFullYear(). getYear() has been deprecated.
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_getfullyear.asp
Also, the month returns a number from 0 to 11. You should create a months array and access the result of getMonth.
var months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July",
"August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
month = months[pub_date.getMonth()];
Or if you're using angular, you can use the built-in date filter
{{ date | format: 'MMMM' }}
month ... your array is also zero based
According to the docs:
Date.prototype.getMonth()
Returns the month (0-11) in the specified date according to local time.
Date.prototype.getFullYear()
Returns the year (4 digits for 4-digit years) of the specified date according to local time.
So you'd want:
pub_date = new Date("Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:14:47 +0200")
day = pub_date.getDate()
month = pub_date.getMonth() + 1
year = pub_date.getFullYear()
What results do you expect exactly ? .getMonth() should return you 9, which is correct because monthes are numbered 0 to 11.
Use .getFullYear() instead of getYear(), that should return you 2015.
