---
title: Date.prototype.getYear()
short-title: getYear()
slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getYear
page-type: javascript-instance-method
status:
  - deprecated
browser-compat: javascript.builtins.Date.getYear
sidebar: jsref
---

{{Deprecated_Header}}

The **`getYear()`** method of {{jsxref("Date")}} instances returns the year for this date according to local time. Because `getYear()` does not return full years ("year 2000 problem"), it is deprecated and has been replaced by the {{jsxref("Date/getFullYear", "getFullYear()")}} method.

## Syntax

```js-nolint
getYear()
```

### Parameters

None.

### Return value

An integer representing the year for the given date according to local time, minus 1900. Returns `NaN` if the date is [invalid](/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date#the_epoch_timestamps_and_invalid_date).

- For years greater than or equal to 2000, the value is 100 or greater. For example, if the year is 2026, `getYear()` returns 126.
- For years between and including 1900 and 1999, the value returned by `getYear()` is between 0 and 99. For example, if the year is 1976, `getYear()` returns 76.
- For years less than 1900, the value returned by `getYear()` is less than 0. For example, if the year is 1800, `getYear()` returns -100.

This method essentially returns the value of {{jsxref("Date/getFullYear", "getFullYear()")}} minus 1900. You should use `getFullYear()` instead, so that the year is specified in full.

## Examples

### Years between 1900 and 1999

The second statement assigns the value 95 to the variable `year`.

```js
const xmas = new Date("1995-12-25");
const year = xmas.getYear(); // returns 95
```

### Years above 1999

The second statement assigns the value 100 to the variable `year`.

```js
const xmas = new Date("2000-12-25");
const year = xmas.getYear(); // returns 100
```

### Years below 1900

The second statement assigns the value -100 to the variable `year`.

```js
const xmas = new Date("1800-12-25");
const year = xmas.getYear(); // returns -100
```

### Setting and getting a year between 1900 and 1999

The third statement assigns the value 95 to the variable `year`, representing the year 1995.

```js
const xmas = new Date("2015-12-25");
xmas.setYear(95);
const year = xmas.getYear(); // returns 95
```

## Specifications

{{Specifications}}

## Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

## See also

- [Polyfill of `Date.prototype.getYear` in `core-js`](https://github.com/zloirock/core-js#ecmascript-date)
- [es-shims polyfill of `Date.prototype.getYear`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/date.prototype.getyear)
- {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getFullYear()")}}
- {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getUTCFullYear()")}}
- {{jsxref("Date.prototype.setYear()")}}