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340 ActionScript classes

getUTCFullYear (Date.getUTCFullYear method)

public getUTCFullYear() : Number

Returns the four-digit year of the specified Date object, according to universal time.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0

Returns

Number - An integer.

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