getMonthNameShort — GTM Variable Template for Date

VARIABLES › DATE

getMonthNameShort CORE Date

Direct (.tpl) Apply (.tpl) Add to GTM

Returns the abbreviated name of the month. 0 = Jan, 11 = Dec.

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When to Use This

Date Formatting

Format and transform date values into human-readable or machine-readable strings.

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Examples

Index 0 returns Jan▶ Try

INPUT

Month Index: 0

OUTPUT

Jan

Index 11 returns Dec▶ Try

INPUT

Month Index: 11

OUTPUT

Dec

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getMonthNameShort

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Month Index

💾 An integer representing the month of the year (0 = January, 1 = February, etc.).

Supported formats:
  ✓ Number
  ✓ String

Input Setup

Input Function (optional)

⚙️ Optional pre-processing function applied to the input before internal logic (e.g., convert object to string, normalize case). Internal transformations such as case handling will still apply afterward.

Result Handling

Output Function (optional)

⚙️ Optional function to apply to the result before returning it (e.g., str => str + ' €', val => val !== undefined for boolean conversion). Useful for chaining transformations on the output.

Month Index number

💡 Type any text to see the result update live

🎯 Using special value — click input to type instead

Test with:

Falsy undefined null "" empty 0 false NaN

Truthy true 42 "hello" {} empty [] empty {a:1} [1,2,3]

🔗 Result Handling — Chain Variables

Chain apply-mode variables to the output. Each variable receives the result of the previous one.

getMonthNameShort()

+ Chain another variable

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Related Variables

Same category: Date

→ addDays → basicDateToExtended → calculateDaysDifference → calculateLeadTime → currentTimestamp → dateToUnixTimestamp → daysToMilliseconds → extendedDateToBasic → getDayIndexFromDateString → getDayName → getDayNameFromDateString → getDayNameShort → getHourOfDay → getMonthName → hoursToMilliseconds → isBusinessHours → isWeekend → millisecondsToDays → millisecondsToHours → millisecondsToMinutes → millisecondsToSeconds → minutesToMilliseconds → reverseDateCompactDay1st → reverseDateCompactYear1st → reverseDateSlash → secondsToMilliseconds → subtractDays → timestampToDayIndex → unixTimestampToDate

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Under the Hood

📜 View Implementation Code

/**
* Returns the abbreviated name of the month based on the given integer where 0 = January, 1 = February, etc.
*
* @param {number|string} data.src - An integer representing the month of the year (0 to 11).
* @param {Function|string} [data.out] - Optional output handler: function to transform result or string with format.
*
* Direct-mode specific parameters:
* @param {Function} [data.pre] - Optional pre-processor function to transform src before conversion.
*
* @returns {string|undefined} The abbreviated name of the month (e.g., "Jan", "Feb", etc.), or undefined if the index is invalid.
*
* @framework ggLowCodeGTMKit
*/
const makeNumber = require('makeNumber');

const getMonthNameShort = function(monthInt) {
   const month = makeNumber(monthInt);
   const monthList = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sept", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
   return monthList[month];
};

const safeFunction = fn => typeof fn === 'function' ? fn : x => x;
const out = safeFunction(data.out);

// ===============================================================================
// getMonthNameShort - Direct mode
// ===============================================================================
const applyCast = (castFn, value) => safeFunction(castFn)(value);
const value = applyCast(data.pre, data.src);
return out(getMonthNameShort(value));

// ===============================================================================
// getMonthNameShort() – Apply Mode
// ===============================================================================
/*
return function(value) {
  return out(getMonthNameShort(value));
};
*/

🧪 View Test Scenarios (4 tests)

✅ '[example] Index 0 returns Jan'
✅ Valid month index 5 - returns June
✅ '[example] Index 11 returns Dec'
✅ Invalid month index - returns undefined