Input Month value Property

Set the month and year for a month field:

document.getElementById("myMonth").value = "2014-02";

Description

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

The value attribute specifies a month and year for the month field.

Property
value	Yes	10.0	Yes	Yes	Yes

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

Return the value property:

monthObject.value

Set the value property:

monthObject.value = YYYY -MM

Value	Description
YYYY-MM	Specifies the month and year. Explanation of components: YYYY - year (e.g. 2011) MM - month (e.g. 01 for January)

Return Value:	A String, representing the month and year of the month field

Get the month and year of a month field:

var x = document.getElementById("myMonth").value;

An example that shows the difference between the defaultValue and value property:

var x = document.getElementById("myMonth");
var defaultVal = x.defaultValue;
var currentVal = x.value;