Can <h2> have React's onLoad?

May 23, 2023

I am trying to make a calendar where, once the page loads, it has already gone through a function to get the current month. This is by using HTML format within React’s JS file.

<h2 onLoad={curMonth}></h2>

I have curMonth being imported from a different file:

import { curMonth } from '../../calendar';

I will also include the function made, in case it would be some help to understand:

function curMonth() {
    let monthName = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'];
    let today = new Date();
    let month = today.getMonth();
    let listedMonth = document.querySelector(".calendar h2");
    listedMonth.textContent = monthName[month];
}


export { curMonth };

Previously, I had a default set to <h2>September</h2>, but it continued to stay "September" after the load was complete too, and I would also like for it to be the current month. Currently, it is at <h2 onLoad={curMonth}></h2> but left empty after load.

I followed these two guides: react.dev and w3schools

Is it that <h2> should not include the onLoad function? What is the reason why the function is not run on load?

>Solution :

This is more react way:

function curMonth() {
    let monthName = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'];
    let today = new Date();
    let month = today.getMonth();
    return monthName[month];
}