The date.setUTCFullYear() method is used to set year into a date object according to universal time which is created using date() constructor.
Syntax:
DateObj.setUTCFullYear(year_Value);
Parameter: This method accepts a single parameter as mentioned above and described below:
- year_Value: This parameter holds the value of year which is used to set in the date() constructor.
Return Values: It returns the new i.e. updated year according to universal time which is set by the setUTCFullYear() method.
Note: The DateObj is a valid Date object created using the Date() constructor in which we want to set the year. More codes for the above method are as follows:
Below are examples of the Date setUTCFullYear() method.
Example 1:
Javascript
// Here a date has been assigned according// to universal time while creating Date objectlet dateobj =new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32 GMT-3:00');// New year 1992 is being set in above Date// Object with the help of setUTCFullYear() methoddateobj.setUTCFullYear(1992);// New year from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCFullYear()let B = dateobj.getUTCFullYear();// Printing new yearconsole.log(B); |
Output:
1992
Example 2: If in Date() constructor we do not give any year, still setUTCFullYear() methods will be able to set new year according to universal time which is given as its parameter.
Javascript
// Here year according to universal time has not// been assigned while creating Date objectlet dateobj =new Date('October 13, 05:35:32 GMT-3:00');// New year 1992 is being set in above Date// Object with the help of setUTCFullYear() methoddateobj.setUTCFullYear(1992);// New year from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCFullYear()let B = dateobj.getUTCFullYear();// Printing new yearconsole.log(B); |
Output:
1992
Example 3: If nothing as a parameter is given in the Date() constructor, still the setUTCFullYear() method will be able to set a year in the created Date object but the month and date remain current ones. Here in output 2 is the month of March because the month name starts from 0 to 11 i.e., 0 for January and 11 for December, and 30 is the current date.
Javascript
// Here nothing has been assigned// while creating Date objectlet dateobj = new Date();// New year 2007 is being set in above Date// Object with the help of setUTCFullYear() methoddateobj.setUTCFullYear(2007);// Year from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCFullYear()let B = dateobj.getUTCFullYear();// Month from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCMonth()let C = dateobj.getUTCMonth();// Date from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCDate()let D = dateobj.getUTCDate();// Printing new yearconsole.log(B);// Printing current monthconsole.log(C);// Printing current dateconsole.log(D); |
Output:
2007 2 30
We have a complete list of Javascript Date Objects, to check those please go through this Javascript Date Object Complete reference article.
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by the JavaScript Date setUTCFullYear() method are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Mozilla Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
We have a Cheat Sheet on Javascript where we covered all the important topics of Javascript to check those please go through Javascript Cheat Sheet-A Basic guide to JavaScript.
