JavaScript Date setYear() Method

JavaScript date.setYear() method is used to set the year of a particular date object. This method is different from other date methods as it accepts any two-digit number. It will accept the number as a number of years after 1900. It is a legacy method and has been deprecated in some newer browsers.

Syntax:

date.setYear(year)

Parameter: This method accepts only a single parameter.

• year: It is an integer value of the year we want to set.

Return value: It returns the number of milliseconds between the new updated date and 1 January 1970

Example 1: In this example., we will implement the method

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let newDay = new Date();

console.log(newDay.setYear(1996));
console.log(newDay.getYear());

Output: The set year method returns the milliseconds and we check the value is updated using getYear() method

827575140539
96

Example 2: In this example, we will pass 2 digit integer and check if the date is updated.

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let newDay = new Date();

console.log(newDay.setYear(94));
console.log(newDay.toLocaleString());

Output: Using the toLocaleString() method we can easily confirm that the year has been updated.

764417075239
3/23/1994, 3:34:35 PM

Supported Browsers:

• Chrome
• Edge
• Firefox
• Opera 
• Safari

We have a complete list of Javascript Date methods, to check those please go through the Javascript Date Object Complete Reference article.