getYear() and setYear()
This feature is discouraged — The getYear() and setYear() methods use a truncated number instead of the actual year number, known as a year 2000 problem.
For more information, see: https://tc39.es/ecma262/multipage/additional-ecmascript-features-for-web-browsers.html#sec-additional-ecmascript-features-for-web-browsers
The getYear() and setYear() methods of Date objects get and set the year as an offset to 1900.
Status
Discouraged
MDN documentation
Specifications
- ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification (#sec-date.prototype.getyear), from TC39 (Ecma International).
Browser support
- Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
- Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
- Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
- Safari 1 Released on 2003-06-23
- Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29
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