Date.prototype.getFullYear()
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
ThegetFullYear() method ofDate instances returns the year for this date according to local time.
Use this method instead of thegetYear() method.
Try it
const moonLanding = new Date("July 20, 69 00:20:18");console.log(moonLanding.getFullYear());// Expected output: 1969Syntax
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getFullYear()Parameters
None.
Return value
An integer representing the year for the given date according to local time. ReturnsNaN if the date isinvalid.
Description
UnlikegetYear(), the value returned bygetFullYear() is an absolute number. For dates between the years 1000 and 9999,getFullYear() returns a four-digit number, for example, 1995. Use this function to make sure a year is compliant with years after 2000.
Examples
Using getFullYear()
ThefullYear variable has value1995, based on the value of theDate objectxmas95.
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const xmas95 = new Date("1995-12-25T23:15:30");const fullYear = xmas95.getFullYear();console.log(fullYear); // 1995Specifications
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| ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.getfullyear |