Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.era

The era accessor property of {{jsxref("Temporal.PlainYearMonth")}} instances returns a calendar-specific lowercase string representing the era of this year-month, or undefined if the calendar does not use eras (e.g., ISO 8601). era and eraYear together uniquely identify a year in a calendar, in the same way that year does. It is calendar-dependent.

The set accessor of era is undefined. You cannot change this property directly. Use the {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/with", "with()")}} method to create a new Temporal.PlainYearMonth object with the desired new value.

For general information and more examples, see {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainDate/era", "Temporal.PlainDate.prototype.era")}}.

Examples#

Using era#

const ym = Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from("2021-07"); // ISO 8601 calendar
console.log(ym.era); // undefined

const ym2 = Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from("2021-07-01[u-ca=gregory]");
console.log(ym2.era); // ce

Specifications#

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Browser compatibility#

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See also#

• {{jsxref("Temporal.PlainYearMonth")}}
• {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/with", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.with()")}}
• {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/add", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.add()")}}
• {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/subtract", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.subtract()")}}
• {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/year", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.year")}}
• {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/eraYear", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.eraYear")}}
• {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainDate/era", "Temporal.PlainDate.prototype.era")}}