Applies to: Date Object The getFullYear method is use to get the year value in the Date object using local time.
Syntax
objDate.getFullYear()
Return
Returns the year value in the Date object using local time.
Example
To get the year using Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), use the getUTCFullYear method.
The getFullYear method returns the year as an absolute number. For example, the year 1976 is returned as 1976. This avoids problems with dates occuring at the end of the 20th century.
s = "Today's UTC date is: ";
d = new Date();
s += (d.getMonth() + 1) + "/";
s += d.getDate() + "/";
s += d.getFullYear();
document.write(s);
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See also: Date Object Methods, getUTCFullYear Method, setFullYear Method, setUTCFullYear Method |
