Find first day of previous month in javascript
Given a date object, how to get its previous month's first day in javascript
function firstDayInPreviousMonth(yourDate) {
var d = new Date(yourDate);
d.setDate(1);
d.setMonth(d.getMonth() - 1);
return d;
}
EDIT: Alright... I've definitely learned something here. I think that this is the simplest solution that covers all cases (and yes, it does work for January):
function firstDayInPreviousMonth(yourDate) {
return new Date(yourDate.getFullYear(), yourDate.getMonth() - 1, 1);
}
The following should work:
now = new Date();
if (now.getMonth() == 0) {
current = new Date(now.getFullYear() - 1, 11, 1);
} else {
current = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth() - 1, 1);
}
keeping in mind that months are zero-based so December is 11 rather than 12.
But, as others have pointed out, the month wraps, even as part of the atomic constructor, so the following is also possible:
now = new Date();
firstDayPrevMonth = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth() - 1, 1);