JavaScript get month with leading 0

In JavaScript, you can get the current month with a leading zero by using the getMonth() method of the Date object and concatenating a ‘0’ to the front of the result if the month is less than 10.

To get the current month in JavaScript with a leading zero (i.e., “05” for May), you can use the toLocaleString method with the en-US locale and the month option set to "2-digit".

const now = new Date();
const month = (now.toLocaleString("en-US", { month: "2-digit" }));
console.log(month);

Or you can use the getMonth() method with padStart() method to add a leading zero if the month value is less than 10.

const now = new Date();
const month = (now.getMonth() + 1).toString().padStart(2, "0");
console.log(month);

JavaScript gets a month with a leading 0 example

A simple example code gets the current month with a leading zero using both the toLocaleString and getMonth methods:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <script>
        // Using the toLocaleString method
        const now = new Date();
        const month1 = now.toLocaleString('en-US', { month: '2-digit' });
        console.log(month1);

        // Using the getMonth and padStart methods
        const month2 = (now.getMonth() + 1).toString().padStart(2, '0');
        console.log(month2);

    </script>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

Output:

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OS: Windows 10
Code: HTML 5 Version

JavaScript get month with leading 0

JavaScript gets a month with a leading 0 example

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