# Date.setUTCFullYear()

The setUTCFullYear() method sets the full year for a specified date according to universal time.

```javascript
var event = new Date('December 31, 1975 23:15:30 GMT-3:00');

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

console.log(event.toUTCString());
// expected output: Thu, 01 Jan 1976 02:15:30 GMT

event.setUTCFullYear(1975);

console.log(event.toUTCString());
// expected output: Wed, 01 Jan 1975 02:15:30 GMT

```

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

```javascript
dateObj.setUTCFullYear(yearValue[, monthValue[, dayValue]])
```

#### 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.

`dayValue`Optional. An integer between 1 and 31 representing the day of the month. If you specify the `dayValue` 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 <a href="#description" id="description"></a>

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

If a parameter you specify is outside of the expected range, `setUTCFullYear()`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 `setUTCFullYear()` <a href="#using_setutcfullyear" id="using_setutcfullyear"></a>

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

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

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

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

Uros Durdevic