setUTCFullYear (JavaScript)
Sets the year in UTC. Optionally sets the month and day.
Defined in
Date (Standard - JavaScript)Syntax
setUTCFullYear(year:int)
: long| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
year |
The full year in UTC. |
month |
The month in UTC where 0 is January. |
date |
The day of the month in UTC where 1 is the first day of the month. |
| Return value | Description |
|---|---|
long |
The new time in numeric format. |
Examples
(1) This computed label adds one year to the current date. One day is first subtracted if the date is February 29 (leap year) so it appears as February 28 instead of March 1 in the next year.// Next year same time
var date = new Date();
if(date.getUTCMonth() == 1) // if Feb
if(date.getUTCDate() > 28) // if Feb 29
date.setUTCDate(date.UTCgetDate() - 1);
date.setUTCFullYear(date.getUTCFullYear() + 1);
date.toUTCString()(2) This computed label changes the
year of the current date and displays it as a new Date object.
var date = new Date();
new Date(date.setUTCFullYear(2001)).toString()(3)
This computed label changes the year and month of the current date
and displays it as a new Date object.
var date = new Date();
new Date(date.setUTCFullYear(2001, 0)).toString()(4)
This computed label changes the year, month, and day of the current
date and displays it as a new Date object.
var date = new Date();
new Date(date.setUTCFullYear(2001, 0, 1)).toString()