Date.getUTCFullYear()

Returns the year, according to universal time

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

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

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

Using getUTCFullYear()

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

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

References

Date.prototype.getUTCFullYear() - JavaScript | MDN

Contributors to this page

Uros Durdevic