metadata
title: Date.prototype.getUTCFullYear()
short-title: getUTCFullYear()
slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getUTCFullYear
page-type: javascript-instance-method
browser-compat: javascript.builtins.Date.getUTCFullYear
sidebar: jsref
The getUTCFullYear() method of {{jsxref("Date")}} instances returns the year for this date according to universal time.
{{InteractiveExample("JavaScript Demo: Date.prototype.getUTCFullYear()")}}
const date1 = new Date("December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT+11:00");
const date2 = new Date("December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT-11:00");
console.log(date1.getUTCFullYear());
// Expected output: 1975
console.log(date2.getUTCFullYear());
// Expected output: 1976
Syntax
getUTCFullYear()
Parameters
None.
Return value
An integer representing the year for the given date according to universal time. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.
Description
Unlike {{jsxref("Date/getYear", "getYear()")}}, the value returned by getUTCFullYear() 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 getUTCFullYear()
The following example assigns the four-digit value of the current year to the variable year.
const today = new Date();
const year = today.getUTCFullYear();
Specifications
{{Specifications}}
Browser compatibility
{{Compat}}
See also
- {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getFullYear()")}}
- {{jsxref("Date.prototype.setFullYear()")}}