Input Month step Property

❮ Input Month Object

Example

Change the legal month intervals:

document.getElementById("myMonth").step = "2";
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Description

The step property sets or returns the value of the step attribute of a month field.

The step attribute specifies the legal month intervals to choose from when the user opens the calendar in the month field.

For example, if step = "2", you can only select every second month in the calendar (like January, March, May).


Browser Support

Property
step Yes Not supported Not supported Yes Yes

Note: The <input type="month"> element does not show any date field/calendar in Firefox.


Syntax

Return the step property:

monthObject.step

Set the step property:

monthObject.step = number

Property Values

Value Description
number Specifies the legal month intervals. Default is 1 month.

Examples:

If step="2", you can only select every second month in the month calendar.

If step="5", you can only select every fifth month in the month calendar.


Technical Details

Return Value: A Number, representing the legal month intervals

More Examples

Example

Get the legal month intervals:

var x = document.getElementById("myMonth").step;
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Related Pages

HTML reference: HTML <input> step attribute


❮ Input Month Object
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