var month_name = function(dt){ mlist = [ "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" ]; return mlist[dt.getMonth()]; } console.log(month_name(new Date("10/11/2009"))); console.log(month_name(new Date("11/13/2014")));