Date.setUTCFullYear()

JavaScript 1.2+, ECMAScript 1.0+, JScript 3.0+ Nav4+, IE 4+ Syntax

							date.setUTCFullYear(year)

Description

The setUTCFullYear() method sets the year in the Date object to the argument year, a four-digit integer universal time. The method returns an integer representing the number of milliseconds between midnight January 1, 1970 (GMT) to the date and time specified in the Date object after the year has been adjusted.

Example

The code in Listing 6.101 displays the current date in milliseconds (universal time) before setting the year to 2004. Notice that the milliseconds specified after the setUTCFullYear() method are the same as the result returned from the method.

Listing 6.101 Setting the Year with the setUTCFullYear() ...

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