以月为单位考虑每个日期，然后相减找出差值。

var past_date = new Date('11/1/2014');
var current_date = new Date();

var difference = (current_date.getFullYear()*12 + current_date.getMonth()) - (past_date.getFullYear()*12 + past_date.getMonth());

这将得到两个日期之间的月差，忽略日。

下面是另一种更少循环的方法:

calculateTotalMonthsDifference = function(firstDate, secondDate) {
        var fm = firstDate.getMonth();
        var fy = firstDate.getFullYear();
        var sm = secondDate.getMonth();
        var sy = secondDate.getFullYear();
        var months = Math.abs(((fy - sy) * 12) + fm - sm);
        var firstBefore = firstDate > secondDate;
        firstDate.setFullYear(sy);
        firstDate.setMonth(sm);
        firstBefore ? firstDate < secondDate ? months-- : "" : secondDate < firstDate ? months-- : "";
        return months;
}

下面是一个函数，它精确地提供了两个日期之间的月数。 默认行为只计算整个月份，例如3个月和1天将导致3个月的差异。您可以通过将roundUpFractionalMonths参数设置为true来防止这种情况，因此3个月和1天的差异将返回为4个月。

上面公认的答案(T.J.克劳德的答案)是不准确的，它有时会返回错误的值。

例如，monthDiff(new Date('Jul 01, 2015')， new Date('Aug 05, 2015'))返回0，这显然是错误的。正确的差值是1个月或2个月。

这是我写的函数:

function getMonthsBetween(date1,date2,roundUpFractionalMonths)
{
    //Months will be calculated between start and end dates.
    //Make sure start date is less than end date.
    //But remember if the difference should be negative.
    var startDate=date1;
    var endDate=date2;
    var inverse=false;
    if(date1>date2)
    {
        startDate=date2;
        endDate=date1;
        inverse=true;
    }

    //Calculate the differences between the start and end dates
    var yearsDifference=endDate.getFullYear()-startDate.getFullYear();
    var monthsDifference=endDate.getMonth()-startDate.getMonth();
    var daysDifference=endDate.getDate()-startDate.getDate();

    var monthCorrection=0;
    //If roundUpFractionalMonths is true, check if an extra month needs to be added from rounding up.
    //The difference is done by ceiling (round up), e.g. 3 months and 1 day will be 4 months.
    if(roundUpFractionalMonths===true && daysDifference>0)
    {
        monthCorrection=1;
    }
    //If the day difference between the 2 months is negative, the last month is not a whole month.
    else if(roundUpFractionalMonths!==true && daysDifference<0)
    {
        monthCorrection=-1;
    }

    return (inverse?-1:1)*(yearsDifference*12+monthsDifference+monthCorrection);
};

一种方法是编写一个使用JODA库的简单Java Web服务(REST/JSON)

http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/faq.html#datediff

计算两个日期之间的差异，并从javascript调用该服务。

这假设您的后端是Java。

function monthDiff(d1, d2) {
var months, d1day, d2day, d1new, d2new, diffdate,d2month,d2year,d1maxday,d2maxday;
months = (d2.getFullYear() - d1.getFullYear()) * 12;
months -= d1.getMonth() + 1;
months += d2.getMonth();
months = (months <= 0 ? 0 : months);
d1day = d1.getDate();
d2day = d2.getDate();
if(d1day > d2day)
{
    d2month = d2.getMonth();
    d2year = d2.getFullYear();
    d1new = new Date(d2year, d2month-1, d1day,0,0,0,0);
    var timeDiff = Math.abs(d2.getTime() - d1new.getTime());
          diffdate = Math.abs(Math.ceil(timeDiff / (1000 * 3600 * 24))); 
    d1new = new Date(d2year, d2month, 1,0,0,0,0);
    d1new.setDate(d1new.getDate()-1);
    d1maxday = d1new.getDate();
    months += diffdate / d1maxday;
}
else
{
      if(!(d1.getMonth() == d2.getMonth() && d1.getFullYear() == d2.getFullYear()))
    {
        months += 1;
    }
    diffdate = d2day - d1day + 1;
    d2month = d2.getMonth();
    d2year = d2.getFullYear();
    d2new = new Date(d2year, d2month + 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
    d2new.setDate(d2new.getDate()-1);
    d2maxday = d2new.getDate();
    months += diffdate / d2maxday;
}

return months;

}

任何值连同它的绝对值一起返回。

function differenceInMonths(firstDate, secondDate) {
    if (firstDate > secondDate) [firstDate, secondDate] = [secondDate, firstDate];
    let diffMonths = (secondDate.getFullYear() - firstDate.getFullYear()) * 12;
    diffMonths -= firstDate.getMonth();
    diffMonths += secondDate.getMonth();
    return diffMonths;
}