Description

The setFullYear() method sets the year (four digits), according to local time.

This method has the form:

Date.setFullYear(year,month,day)

Parameter	Description
year	(required) A four-digit value representing the year
month	(optional) An integer between 0 and 11 representing the month
day	(optional) An integer between 1 and 31 representing the date

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this method.

<script>
var d = new Date();
d.setFullYear(2012);
document.write(d);
</script>

This produces the following result:

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