Javascript Reference - JavaScript setUTCFullYear() Method








setUTCFullYear(year)
Sets the year of the UTC date. The year must be given with four digits (2007 instead of just 07).

UTC time is the same as GMT time.

Browser Support

setUTCFullYear() Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Syntax

dateObject.setUTCFullYear(year, month, day);

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
year Required. A four-digit value representing the year, negative values are allowed
month Optional. An integer representing the month

Expected values are 0-11, but other values are allowed:
-1 will be the last month of the previous year
12 will be the first month of the next year
day Optional. An integer representing the day of month

Expected values are 1-31, but other values are allowed:
0 will be the last hour of the previous month
-1 will be the hour before the last hour of the previous month

If the month has 31 days, 32 will be the first day of the next month

If the month has 30 days, 32 will be the second day of the next month




Return Value

return a number representing milliseconds between the date value and midnight January 1 1970.

Example


      var myDate = new Date();
      
      myDate.setUTCFullYear(2012);
      console.log(myDate.toString());

The code above generates the following result.

Example 2

The following code sets the date to UTC November 3, 2010.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {<!--   w ww .j  av a 2s .co  m-->
    var d = new Date();
    d.setUTCFullYear(2010, 10, 3);
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = d;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows:





Example 3

The following code sets the date to six months ago in UTC time.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {<!--   www  .  j  av  a  2 s .co  m-->
    var d = new Date();
    d.setUTCFullYear(d.getUTCFullYear(), d.getUTCMonth() - 6);
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = d;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: