# Date.getUTCFullYear()

The getUTCFullYear() method returns the year in the specified date according to universal time.

```javascript
var date1 = new Date('December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT+11:00');
var date2 = new Date('December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT-11:00');

console.log(date1.getUTCFullYear());
// expected output: 1975

console.log(date2.getUTCFullYear());
// expected output: 1976

```

## Syntax <a href="#syntax" id="syntax"></a>

```javascript
dateObj.getUTCFullYear()
```

**Return value**

A number representing the year in the given date according to universal time.

## Description

The value returned by `getUTCFullYear()` is an absolute number that is compliant with year-2000, for example, 1995.

## Examples <a href="#examples" id="examples"></a>

#### Using `getUTCFullYear()` <a href="#using_getutcfullyear" id="using_getutcfullyear"></a>

The following example assigns the four-digit value of the current year to the variable `year`.

```javascript
var today = new Date();
var year = today.getUTCFullYear();
```

## References <a href="#references" id="references"></a>

{% embed url="<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getUTCFullYear>" %}

## Contributors to this page <a href="#contributors-to-this-page" id="contributors-to-this-page"></a>

Uros Durdevic