Javascript date.getYear() returns 111 in 2011? [duplicate]

Answer 1

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getYear

getYear is no longer used and has been replaced by the getFullYear method.

The getYear method returns the year minus 1900; thus:

• For years greater than or equal to 2000, the value returned by getYear is 100 or greater. For example, if the year is 2026, getYear returns 126.
• For years between and including 1900 and 1999, the value returned by getYear is between 0 and 99. For example, if the year is 1976, getYear returns 76.
• For years less than 1900, the value returned by getYear is less than 0. For example, if the year is 1800, getYear returns -100.
• To take into account years before and after 2000, you should use getFullYear instead of getYear so that the year is specified in full.

Answer 2

In order to comply with boneheaded precedent, getYear() returns the number of years since 1900.

Instead, you should call getFullYear(), which returns the actual year.

Answer 3

From what I've read on Mozilla's JS pages, getYear is deprecated. As pointed out many times, getFullYear() is the way to go. If you're really wanting to use getYear() add 1900 to it.

var now = new Date(),
    year = now.getYear() + 1900;