Definition and Usage The getFullYear() method returns a four-digit number that represents a year. Syntax dateObject.getFullYear() ...
Definition and Usage
The getFullYear() method returns a four-digit number that represents a year.Syntax
dateObject.getFullYear() |
Tips and Notes
Note: This method is always used in conjunction with a Date object.Example
In this example we get the current year and print it:<script type="text/javascript"> var d = new Date(); document.write(d.getFullYear()); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
2012 |
Example 2
Here we will extract the year out of the specific date:| <script type="text/javascript"> var born = new Date("July 21, 1983 01:15:00"); document.write("I was born in " + born.getFullYear()); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
I was born in 1983 |
