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Date.getUTCFullYear() 253
Date.getUTCFullYear()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_date.getUTCFullYear() : Number
Parameters
None.
Returns
An integer.
Description
Method; returns the four-digit year of the specified Date object, according to universal time.
Example
The following example creates a new Date object and uses Date.getUTCFullYear() and
Date.getFullYear(). The value returned by
Date.getUTCFullYear() may differ from the value
returned by
Date.getFullYear() if today’s date is December 31 or January 1, depending on the
relationship between your local time zone and universal time.
var today_date:Date = new Date();
trace(today_date.getFullYear()); // display based on local timezone
trace(today_date.getUTCFullYear()); // displays getYear() plus or minus 1