JavaScript Date getYear() Method
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12 Jul, 2025
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JavaScript date.getYear() is used to get the year on a specified date according to universal time. The year we get from the method getYear() is the current year minus 1900.
Syntax:
date.getYear();Parameters:
- This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value:
- This method returns a value that is subtracted from 1900 to the current year.
Example 1: This example returns the year of the specified date according to universal time.
// "date" is object of Date() class
let date = new Date();
// Use "getYear()" method and stores
// the returned value to "n"
let n = date.getYear();
// Display the result
console.log("The value returned by getYear() method: " + n)
Output:
The value returned by getYear() method: 119Example 2: This example only sends the year to the constructor.
// Year 2000 is assign to the
// constructor of Date() class
let date = new Date('2000')
// Use "getYear()" method and stores
// the returned value to "n"
let n = date.getYear();
// Display the returned value
// The value is the subtraction of
// 2000 and 1900
console.log("The value returned by getYear() method: " + n)
Output:
The value returned by getYear() method: 100Example 3: Here, we pass a full date to the constructor, the format of the date is month-day-year-time, such as October 15, 2010, 02:05:32.
// Full date is assign to the constructor of Date() class
let date = new Date('October 15, 2010, 02:05:32')
// Use "getYear()" method and stores the
// returned value in "n"
let n = date.getYear();
// Display the returned value
// The value is the subtraction of 2010 and 1900
console.log("The value returned by getYear() method: " + n)
Output
The value returned by getYear() method: 110
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
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