# Temporal.PlainYearMonth — Instance properties

> These properties are defined on Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype and shared by all Temporal.PlainYearMonth instances.

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These properties are defined on Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype and shared by all Temporal.PlainYearMonth instances.

{{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/calendarId", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.calendarId")}} : Returns a string representing the calendar used to interpret the internal ISO 8601 date. {{jsxref("Object/constructor", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.constructor")}} : The constructor function that created the instance object. For Temporal.PlainYearMonth instances, the initial value is the {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/PlainYearMonth", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth()")}} constructor. {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/daysInMonth", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.daysInMonth")}} : Returns a positive integer representing the number of days in the month of this date. Calendar-dependent. {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/daysInYear", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.daysInYear")}} : Returns a positive integer representing the number of days in the year of this date. Calendar-dependent. For the ISO 8601 calendar, this is 365, or 366 in a leap year. {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/era", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.era")}} : 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. Calendar-dependent. For Gregorian, it is either "ce" or "bce". {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/eraYear", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.eraYear")}} : Returns a non-negative integer representing the year of this year-month within the era, or undefined if the calendar does not use eras (e.g., ISO 8601). The year index usually starts from 1 (more common) or 0, and years in an era can decrease with time (e.g., Gregorian BCE). era and eraYear together uniquely identify a year in a calendar, in the same way that year does. Calendar-dependent. {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainYearMonth/inLeapYear", "Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.inLeapYear")}} : Returns a boolean indicating whether this year-month is in a leap year. A leap year is a year that has more days (due to a leap day or leap month) than a common year. Calendar-dependent. …

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