Converting month name to month number using JavaScript

Question

Is there a a better solution than what I have below to convert a month name to a month number using JavaScript or PHP?

I did like this:

$monNum =  date('n',strtotime($staff->curMonth));

I tried using switch case but i thinks its not good idea... – Devswa Apr 16 '12 at 20:54 — Devswa, Apr 16 '12 at 20:54

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 16 '12 at 20:53

12

You could keep an object of key/value pairs where the key is the month name and the value is the month number:

var months = {
    January: 1,
    February: 2,
    ...
};

and then:

var monthNumber = months['April'];

or:

var monthNumber = months.April;

answered Apr 16 '12 at 20:53

Darin Dimitrov

This is really the only sensibly way of doing it, short of a hideous switch statement or if block. – crush Apr 16 '12 at 20:55

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