JavaScript Date getYear() Method

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();

Parameter:

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.

Javascript

// "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: 119

Example 2: This example only sends the year to the constructor.

Javascript

// 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: 100

Example 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.

Javascript

// 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
• Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Opera
• Safari

We have a complete list of Javascript Date Objects, to check those please go through this Javascript Date Object Complete reference article.