setDate() set the wrong date on 31st?

Question

This is very weird I don\'t know what I\'m doing wrong. I have a function to grab the date (i.e in this format: 06/24/2011), here\'s the function:

Answer 1

Right hierarchy is set year, then Month and at last add the Day. This will return the exact date that you added.

function checkDate() {

  //Wrong order-  will return 1 May 2016
  var start = new Date();
  start.setDate(31);
  start.setMonth(4);
  start.setFullYear(2016);
  alert(start)


  //Right  order - will return 31 May 2016
  var end = new Date();
  end.setFullYear(2016);
  end.setMonth(4);
  end.setDate(31);
  alert(end)


}

This is the right heirarchy to set date.