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]

"Christopher Benson-Manica" <at***@nospam.cyberspace.org> wrote in message
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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?

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

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

[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <3f**********************@news.euronet.nl>, seen in
news:comp.lang.javascript, Janwillem Borleffs <[e-mail]> posted
at Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:02:22 :-

"Christopher Benson-Manica" <at***@nospam.cyberspace.org> wrote in message
news:bn**********@chessie.cirr.com...

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?

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

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

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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