Definition and usage
getYear() method can return a two- or four-digit number representing the year.
Syntax
dateObject.getYear()
Return value
Returns the year field of the Date object.
Tips and Notes:
Note: The value returned by getYear() is not always a 4-digit number! For years between 1900 and 1999, the getYear() method returns only two digits. For years before 1900 or after 1999, 4 digits are returned!
Note: This method is always used in conjunction with a Date object.
Important: Starting from ECMAScript v3, JavaScript implementations no longer use this method and use the getFullYear() method instead!
Example
Example 1
In this example, we will get the current year and output it:
<script type="text/javascript"> var d = new Date() document.write(d.getYear()) </script>
Output:
117
Example 2
In this example, we will extract the year from a specific date:
<script type="text/javascript"> var born = new Date("July 21, 1983 01:15:00") document.write("I was born in " + born.getYear()) </script>
Output:
I was born in 83
The value returned by getYear is the current Subtracts 1900 from the year (in JavaScript 1.2) and returns the year which is either a 2 or 4 digit year, for example if the year is 2026, the returned value is 2026 so before testing this function make sure JavaScript version.
Date.getYear()
Example:
<html> <head> <title>JavaScript getYear Method</title> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> var dt = new Date(); document.write("getYear() : " + dt.getYear() ); </script> </body> </html>
getYear() : 212
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