JavaScript Date setFullYear()
Description
setFullYear() sets the year of a date.
setFullYear() can also set month and day.
Example 2
setFullYear() can also set month and day.
const d = new Date("2025-01-15");
d.setFullYear(2020, 10, 3);
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Example 3
Set the date to six months ago:
const d = new Date();
d.setFullYear(d.getFullYear(), d.getMonth() - 6);
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Syntax
Date.setFullYear(year, month, day)
Parameters
| year | Required. The year. Negative values are allowed. |
| month | Optional. The month (0 to 11). Higher and lower values are handeled with date maths:
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| day | Optional. The day (0 to 31). Higher and lower values are handeled with date maths:
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Return Value
| NONE
Changes the Date object in place. |
Browser Support
setFullYear() is an ECMAScript1 (JavaScript 1997) feature.
It is supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
