JavaScript: Add specified years to a date

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:54 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

JavaScript Datetime: Exercise-41 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function to add specified years to a date.

Test Data:
dt = new Date(2014,10,2);
console.log(add_years(dt, 10).toString());
Output:
"Sat Nov 02 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)"

Sample Solution:-

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript function to add specified years to a date</title>
</head>
<body>
<p id="demo"></p>
</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function add_years(dt,n) 
 {
 return new Date(dt.setFullYear(dt.getFullYear() + n));      
 }

dt = new Date();
console.log(add_years(dt, 10).toString());  

dt = new Date(2014,10,2);
console.log(add_years(dt, 10).toString());

Sample Output:

Tue Jun 20 2028 16:40:21 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Sat Nov 02 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

See the Pen JavaScript - Add specified years to a date-date-ex-41 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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