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setFullYear() β€” returns a number

πŸ“– Usage Example
const d = new Date(2024, 0, 15)
d.setFullYear(2030)
d.getFullYear()  // β†’ 2030

Use setFullYear() to mutate the year of a Date object in place; the month and day remain unchanged.

Date.prototype.setFullYear()

setFullYear() returns the new timestamp (ms since epoch) as a number.

Challenge: Verify that typeof d.setFullYear(2025) returns 'number'.

πŸ’‘ Hints (1)
  • β€’ setFullYear() returns the new numeric timestamp β€” useful for chaining arithmetic