HTML | DOM Input Month value Property

Last Updated : 29 Aug, 2022

The Input Month value property is used for setting or returning the value of the value attribute of a Month field. The Input Month value attribute can be used for specifying a Month and year for the month field.

Syntax:

For returning the value property:

monthObject.value

For setting the value property:

monthObject.value = YYYY-MM

Property Value:

YYYY-MM: This values states the year and Month. Here YYYY is the year i.e. 2019 and MM is the month i.e. 03.

Return Value: It returns a string which represents the value for a month field.

Below program illustrates the Month value property:

Example-1: This example returns the Input Month value property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML DOM Input Month value Property
    </title> 
</head> 
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>DOM Input Month value Property</h2> 
    <form id="myGeeks">
        <input type="month" id="month_id" name="geeks" value="2019-03"> 
    </form>
    <br>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">Click Here!</button> 
    <p id="GFG" style="font-size:20px;"></p> 
    
    <!-- Script to return the value Property-->
    <script> 
        function myGeeks() { 
            var gfg = document.getElementById("month_id").value;
            document.getElementById("GFG").innerHTML = gfg;
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>

Output:

Before clicking on the button:

After clicking on the button:

Example-2: This Example illustrates how to set the property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML DOM Input Month value Property
    </title> 
</head> 
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>DOM Input Month value Property</h2> 
    <form id="myGeeks">
        <input type="month" id="month_id" name="geeks" > 
    </form>
       <br>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">Click Here!</button> 
    <p id="GFG" style="font-size:20px;"></p> 
    
    <!-- Script to set the value Property-->
    <script> 
        function myGeeks() { 
            var gfg = document.getElementById("month_id");
            gfg.value = "2019-09";
            var g =    gfg.value;        
            document.getElementById("GFG").innerHTML = g;
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>