Get month name instead of number
I am using the jQuery datepicker plugin. I can get the month number by $("#datepicker").datepicker('getDate').getMonth()+1 How can I get the month name directly (i.e. without using a switch case )? dacwe If you want a simple solution this is it: var months = [ "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" ]; var selectedMonthName = months[$("#datepicker").datepicker('getDate').getMonth()]; A more complicated but more customizable way would be to use a formatter (my comment). Then see this question and answer . Edit: I