JavaScript Date getUTCFullYear()

Examples

const d = new Date();
let year = d.getUTCFullYear();
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Get the full UTC year from a specific date:

const d = new Date("July 21, 1983 01:15:00");
let year = d.getUTCFullYear();
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Description

getUTCFullYear() returns the year of a date.

getUTCFullYear() returns the year according to UTC.

getUTCFullYear() returns four digits for years between 1000 and 9999.

Notes

UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) is the time set by the World Time Standard.

UTC time is the same as GMT time (Greenwich Mean Time).

All JavaScript getUTC methods assume that the date is of local time.


Syntax

Date.getUTCFullYear()

Parameters

NONE

Return Value

Type Description
A numberThe year of the date.


Browser Support

getUTCFullYear() is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

ES1 (JavaScript 1997) is fully supported in all browsers:

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