# Date.setFullYear()

The setFullYear() method sets the full year for a specified date according to local time. Returns new timestamp.

```javascript
var event = new Date('August 19, 1975 23:15:30');

event.setFullYear(1969);

console.log(event.getFullYear());
// expected output: 1969

event.setFullYear(0);

console.log(event.getFullYear());
// expected output: 0

```

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

```javascript
dateObj.setFullYear(yearValue[, monthValue[, dateValue]])
```

#### Parameters <a href="#parameters" id="parameters"></a>

`yearValue`An integer specifying the numeric value of the year, for example, 1995.

`monthValue`*Optional*. An integer between 0 and 11 representing the months January through December.

`dateValue`*Optional*. An integer between 1 and 31 representing the day of the month. If you specify the `dateValue` parameter, you must also specify the `monthValue`.

**Return value**

The number of milliseconds between 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC and the updated date.

## Description

If you do not specify the `monthValue` and `dateValue` parameters, the values returned from the [`getMonth()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getMonth) and [`getDate()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getDate) methods are used.

If a parameter you specify is outside of the expected range, `setFullYear()` attempts to update the other parameters and the date information in the [`Date`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date) object accordingly. For example, if you specify 15 for `monthValue`, the year is incremented by 1 (`yearValue + 1`), and 3 is used for the month.

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

#### Using `setFullYear()` <a href="#using_setfullyear" id="using_setfullyear"></a>

```javascript
var theBigDay = new Date();
theBigDay.setFullYear(1997);
```

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

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

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

Uros Durdevic


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