如何从“JAN-2014”格式的日期获得月数？

Question

Actually, i am using jquery datepicker and getting month in "MONTH-YEAR" format? how i can get month number form this format in PHP or JAVASCRIPT?

js code:

  $("#date1_live").datepicker({
            changeMonth: true,
            changeYear: true,
                        showAnim:'slideDown',
                        dateFormat:'M yy'
        });      

html text field:

<input type="text" name="reportMonth" id="date1_live" required Placeholder="Select Start Date" >

Answer 1

using php try like this

$month = 'JAN-2014';
echo date('m', strtotime($month));