JavaScript: Get a full numeric representation of a year

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JavaScript Datetime: Exercise-28 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function to get a full numeric representation of a year (4 digits).

Test Data :
dt = new Date(2015, 10, 1);
console.log(full_year(dt));
2015

Sample Solution:-

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript function to get a full numeric representation of a year (4 digits)</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function full_year(dt) 
{ 
  return dt.getFullYear(); 
}
dt = new Date(); 
console.log(full_year(dt)); 

dt = new Date(2015, 10, 1); 
console.log(full_year(dt));

Sample Output:

2018
2015

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

See the Pen JavaScript - Get a full numeric representation of a year-date-ex-28 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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