Date.prototype.getUTCFullYear()

The getUTCFullYear() method of {{jsxref("Date")}} instances returns the year for this date according to universal time.

{{InteractiveExample("JavaScript Demo: Date.prototype.getUTCFullYear()")}}

```js interactive-example const date1 = new Date("December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT+11:00"); const date2 = new Date("December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT-11:00");

console.log(date1.getUTCFullYear()); // Expected output: 1975

console.log(date2.getUTCFullYear()); // Expected output: 1976

## Syntax

```js-nolint
getUTCFullYear()

Parameters#

None.

Return value#

An integer representing the year for the given date according to universal time. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Description#

Unlike {{jsxref("Date/getYear", "getYear()")}}, the value returned by getUTCFullYear() is an absolute number. For dates between the years 1000 and 9999, getFullYear() returns a four-digit number, for example, 1995. Use this function to make sure a year is compliant with years after 2000.

Examples#

Using getUTCFullYear()#

The following example assigns the four-digit value of the current year to the variable year.

const today = new Date();
const year = today.getUTCFullYear();

Specifications#

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility#

{{Compat}}

See also#

• {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getFullYear()")}}
• {{jsxref("Date.prototype.setFullYear()")}}