Description

Retrieves the year stored in the specified Date object.

Syntax

objDate.getYear( )

Remarks

This method is obsolete, and is provided for backwards compatibility only. Use the getFullYear method instead.

For the current century, the year is a 2-digit integer value returned as the difference between the stored year and 1900. For dates other than the current century, the 4-digit year is returned. For example, 1996 is returned as 96, but 1825 and 2025 are returned as-is.

The following example illustrates the use of the getYear method:

function DateDemo()
{
  var d, s = "Today's date is: ";
  d = new Date();
  s += (d.getMonth() + 1) + "/";
  s += d.getDate() + "/";
  s += d.getYear();
  return(s);
}