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[RESOLVED] .setMonth and .getMonth are returning odd stings of numbers

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Apr 08.2014

Doing an assignment for school. I need to use javascript to get the date, write it in HTML, then increase the date and then write it again. Here’s what I have so far:

[code=php]var today = new Date();
var n = today.toTimeString();
document.write(“<p>” + n + “</p>”);
var x = today.setMonth(today.getMonth() + 1);
document.write(“<p>” + x + “</p>”);[/code]

The first document.write works great. The second one however, puts out a strange string of numbers. (1399583497190)

I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. Some help, please?

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@rtretheweyApr 08.2014 — Try:
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</i>var today = new Date();
document.write("&lt;p&gt;" + today + "&lt;/p&gt;");
today.setMonth(today.getMonth() + 1);
document.write("&lt;p&gt;" + today + "&lt;/p&gt;"); <br/>
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@mrjaneauthorApr 08.2014 — Not quite what I was looking for, but that was my fault for how I worded my problem. I did however, use this as it condensed part of what I was doing and allowed me to see how to do the rest a little easier. I've not managed to fix the issue. Thanks so much!
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