Easiest way to convert month name to month number in JS ? (Jan = 01)

Question

Just want to covert Jan to 01 (date format)

I can use array() but looking for another way...

Any suggestion?

Answer 1

Here is a simple one liner function

//ECHMA5
function GetMonth(anyDate) { 
   return 'Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May,Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec'.split(',')[anyDate.getMonth()];
 }
//
// ECMA6
var GetMonth = (anyDate) => 'Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May,Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec'.split(',')[anyDate.getMonth()];