Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.toJSON()

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The toJSON() method of Temporal.PlainYearMonth instances returns a string representing this year-month in the same RFC 9557 format as calling toString(). It is intended to be implicitly called by JSON.stringify().

Syntax

js
toJSON()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A string representing the given date in the RFC 9557 format, with the calendar annotation included if it is not "iso8601".

Description

The method is automatically called by JSON.stringify() when a Temporal.PlainYearMonth object is encountered during JSON serialization. The serialized value can then be deserialized using the Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from() function within the reviver of JSON.parse().

Examples

Using toJSON()

js
const ym = Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from({ year: 2021, month: 8 });
const ymStr = ym.toJSON(); // '2021-08'
const ym2 = Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from(ymStr);

JSON serialization and parsing

This example shows how Temporal.PlainYearMonth can be serialized as JSON without extra effort, and how to parse it back.

js
const ym = Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from({ year: 2021, month: 8 });
const ymStr = JSON.stringify({ event: ym }); // '{"event":"2021-08"}'
const obj = JSON.parse(ymStr, (key, value) => {
  if (key === "event") {
    return Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from(value);
  }
  return value;
});

Specifications

Specification
Temporal
# sec-temporal.plainyearmonth.prototype.tojson

Browser compatibility

See also