Definition and Usage The setFullYear() method is used to set the year. Syntax dateObject.setFullYear(year,month,day) Paramet...
Definition and Usage
The setFullYear() method is used to set the year.
Syntax
dateObject.setFullYear(year,month,day) |
| Parameter | Description |
| year | Required. A four-digit value representing the year |
| month | Optional. A numeric value between 0 and 11 representing the month |
| day | Optional. A numeric value between 1 and 31 representing the date |
Tips and Notes
Note: This method is always used in conjunction with a Date object.
Example 1
In this example we set the year to 1992 with the setFullYear() method:
<script type="text/javascript"> var d = new Date();
d.setFullYear(1992);
document.write(d); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
| Tue May 12 1992 19:32:40 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) |
Example 2
In this example we set the date to November 3, 1992 with the setFullYear() method:
<script type="text/javascript"> var d = new Date();
d.setFullYear(1992,10,3);
document.write(d); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
| Tue Nov 03 1992 19:32:40 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) |
