How to get current year - JavaScript

In this article we will learn how to get current year in JavaScript.

It is very common to get current year in JavaScript in JavaScript.

Problem

Now we have a problem, which is that we want to get current year in JavaScript.

Solution

To get the current year in JavaScript, call the new Date() constructor to get a date object.

Let's see an example

const date = new Date();
console.log(date);

Output

2023-01-01T15:39:14.057Z

Of course, I have this date today, but it will be different for you.

Now that we have the full date, we will call a function called getFullYear to get full year.

Example

const date = new Date();

const year = date.getFullYear();

console.log(year);

Output

2023

We can also get a full year of a specific date.

// Specific date 👇️👇️
const date = new Date('January 25, 2030 05:24:07');

const yearOfDate = date.getFullYear();

console.log(yearOfDate);

Output

2030

What if we want to get the month?

There is also a built-in function to do this called getMonth, so don't worry.

// 👇️ Get Month

const date = new Date();

const month = date.getMonth() + 1;

console.log(month);

Output

1

But why +1?

That's because getMonth method returns the month in the specified date according to local time, as a zero-based value.

Well, What if we want to get the day?

// 👇️ Get Day

const date = new Date();

const day = date.getDate();

console.log(day);

Output

1

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