Date.setFullYear()

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

							date.setFullYear(year)

Description

The setFullYear() method sets the year in the Date object to the argument year, a four-digit integer. 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 6.93 displays the current date in milliseconds before setting the year to 2003. Notice that the milliseconds specified after the setFullYear() method are the same as the result returned from the method.

Listing 6.93 Setting the Day of the Week with the setDay() Method
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