JavaScript · Dates and internationalisation

date.getFullYear()

Reads the local year. getMonth is zero-based, so January is 0.

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Syntax

date.getFullYear()

Example

Try it

const d = new Date("2026-11-01T12:00:00Z");
console.log(d.getUTCFullYear(), d.getUTCMonth());

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