JavaScript Date setYear() Method Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report JavaScript date.setYear() method is used to set the year of a particular date object. This method is different from other date methods as it accepts any two-digit number. It will accept the number as a number of years after 1900. It is a legacy method and has been deprecated in some newer browsers. Syntax: date.setYear(year) Parameter: This method accepts only a single parameter. year: It is an integer value of the year we want to set. Return value: It returns the number of milliseconds between the new updated date and 1 January 1970 Example 1: In this example., we will implement the method JavaScript let newDay = new Date(); console.log(newDay.setYear(1996)); console.log(newDay.getYear()); Output: The set year method returns the milliseconds and we check the value is updated using getYear() method 827575140539 96 Example 2: In this example, we will pass 2 digit integer and check if the date is updated. JavaScript let newDay = new Date(); console.log(newDay.setYear(94)); console.log(newDay.toLocaleString()); Output: Using the toLocaleString() method we can easily confirm that the year has been updated. 764417075239 3/23/1994, 3:34:35 PM Supported Browsers: ChromeEdgeFirefoxOpera Safari We have a complete list of Javascript Date methods, to check those please go through the Javascript Date Object Complete Reference article. Comment More infoAdvertise with us S shobhit_sharma Follow Improve Article Tags : JavaScript Web Technologies Explore JavaScript Tutorial 8 min read JavaScript BasicsIntroduction to JavaScript 4 min read JavaScript Versions 2 min read How to Add JavaScript in HTML Document? 3 min read JavaScript Syntax 6 min read JavaScript Output 4 min read JavaScript Comments 2 min read JS Variables & DatatypesVariables and Datatypes in JavaScript 6 min read Global and Local variables in JavaScript 4 min read JavaScript Let 6 min read JavaScript const 5 min read JavaScript Var Statement 7 min read JS OperatorsJavaScript Operators 5 min read Operator precedence in JavaScript 2 min read JavaScript Arithmetic Operators 5 min read JavaScript Assignment Operators 5 min read JavaScript Comparison Operators 5 min read JavaScript Logical Operators 5 min read JavaScript Bitwise Operators 5 min read JavaScript Ternary Operator 4 min read JavaScript Comma Operator 2 min read JavaScript Unary Operators 4 min read JavaScript in and instanceof operators 3 min read JavaScript String Operators 3 min read JS StatementsJavaScript Statements 4 min read JavaScript if-else 3 min read JavaScript switch Statement 4 min read JavaScript Break Statement 2 min read JavaScript Continue Statement 1 min read JavaScript Return Statement 4 min read JS LoopsJavaScript Loops 3 min read JavaScript For Loop 4 min read JavaScript While Loop 3 min read JavaScript For In Loop 3 min read JavaScript for...of Loop 3 min read JavaScript do...while Loop 4 min read JS Perfomance & DebuggingJavaScript | Performance 4 min read Debugging in JavaScript 4 min read JavaScript Errors Throw and Try to Catch 2 min read JS ObjectObjects in Javascript 4 min read Object Oriented Programming in JavaScript 3 min read JavaScript Objects 6 min read Creating objects in JavaScript 5 min read JavaScript JSON Objects 3 min read JavaScript Object Reference 4 min read JS FunctionFunctions in JavaScript 4 min read How to write a function in JavaScript ? 4 min read JavaScript Function Call 2 min read Different ways of writing functions in JavaScript 3 min read Difference between Methods and Functions in JavaScript 3 min read Explain the Different Function States in JavaScript 3 min read JavaScript Function Complete Reference 3 min read JS ArrayJavaScript Arrays 7 min read JavaScript Array Methods 7 min read Best-Known JavaScript Array Methods 6 min read Important Array Methods of JavaScript 7 min read JavaScript Array Reference 4 min read Like