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()
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
Contributors to this page
Uros Durdevic
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