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setYear Method

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Sets the year value in the Date object.

function setYear(numYear : Number)

Arguments

  • numYear
    Required. For the years 1900 through 1999, this is a numeric value that is equal to the year minus 1900. For dates outside that range, this is a 4-digit numeric value.

Remarks

This method is obsolete, and is maintained for backwards compatibility only. Use the setFullYear method instead.

To set the year of a Date object to 1997, call setYear(97). To set the year to 2010, call setYear(2010). Finally, to set the year to a year in the range 0-99, use the setFullYear method.

Note

For JScript version 1.0, setYear uses a value that is the result of the addition of 1900 to the year value provided by numYear, regardless of the value of the year. For example, to set the year to 1899 numYear is -1 and to set the year 2000 numYear is 100.

Requirements

Version 1

Applies To:

Date Object

See Also

Reference

getFullYear Method

getUTCFullYear Method

getYear Method

setFullYear Method

setUTCFullYear Method

Change History

Date

History

Reason

March 2009

Revised numYear argument definition.

Content bug fix.