Javascript - Date setUTCFullYear() Method

Description

The setUTCFullYear() method sets the year (four digits for dates between year 1000 and 9999) of a date object, according the UTC time.

UTC time is the same as GMT time.

Syntax

Date.setUTCFullYear(year,month,day)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Require	Description
year	Required.	A value representing the year, negative values are allowed
month	Optional.	An integer representing the month
day	Optional.	An integer representing the day of month

For the month value, the expected values are 0-11, but other values are allowed:

-1 will result in the last month of the previous year
12 will result in the first month of the next year
13 will result in the second month of the next year

For the day value, the expected values are 1-31, but other values are allowed:

0 will result in the last hour of the previous month
-1 will result in the hour before the last hour of the previous month
If the month has 31 days: 32 will result in the first day of the next month
If the month has 30 days: 32 will result in the second day of the next month

Return Value

Type	Description
Number	Milliseconds between the date object and midnight January 1 1970

Example

Set the year to 1992:

Demo

//display a date after changing the year.
var d = new Date();
d.setUTCFullYear(2020);/*from  w  ww  . j  a  v  a2  s . c om*/
console.log(d);

//Set the date to November 3, 2020:
//display a date after changing the year, month, and day of month.
var d = new Date();
d.setUTCFullYear(2020, 10, 3);
console.log(d);

//Set the date to six months ago, UTC time:
var d = new Date();
d.setUTCFullYear(d.getUTCFullYear(), d.getUTCMonth() - 6);
console.log(d);