Applies to: Date Object
The setFullYear method is use to set the year value in the Date object using local time. It return in milliseconds. To convert the millisecond to string use obj.toLocaleString( ).
Syntax
objDate.setFullYear(numYear[, numMonth[, numDate]])
The setFullYear method syntax has these parts:
Part |
Description |
numYear |
Required. A numeric value equal to the year. |
numMonth |
Optional. A numeric value equal to the month. Must be supplied if numDate is supplied. |
numDate |
Optional. A numeric value equal to the date. |
Example
All set methods taking optional arguments use the value returned from corresponding get methods, if you do not specify an optional argument. For example, if the numMonth argument is optional, but not specified, JavaScript uses the value returned from the getMonth method.
In addition, if the value of an argument is greater than its range or is a negative number, other stored values are modified accordingly.
To set the year using Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), use the setUTCFullYear method.
The range of years supported in the date object is approximately 285,616 years from either side of 1970.
The following example illustrates the use of the setFullYear method:
function SetFullYear(newyear)
{
var d, s;
d = new Date();
d.setFullYear(newyear);
s = "Current setting is ";
s += d.toLocaleString();
return(s);
}
document.write(SetFullYear(2006));
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See also: Date Object Methods, getFullYear Method, getUTCFullYear Method, setUTCFullYear Method |
