JavaScript getFullYear() Method

getFullYear()The method returns the year of the specified date object based on local time (returns four digits for four-digit years).

getFullYear()The returned value is an absolute number.

For dates between1000 and9999dates between the yearsgetFullYear()Returns a four-digit number, such as1992.

Syntax:

date.getFullYear()

Example

var d = new Date();
d.getFullYear();

All browsers fully support the getFullYear() method:

Method
getFullYear()	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Return Value:	A number representing the year
JavaScript Version:	ECMAScript 1

Return the year of a specific date:

Example

var d = new Date('August　20,　1999　23:15:30');
d.getFullYear();