Javascript Date.getFullYear() behaving same as Date.getYear()

Question

I'm trying to get the year using Javascript. I instantiated a new Date(). I was able to get the month and date without issue. The year is not working as it should. I am using getFullYear() as all the docs and comments say to, not getYear() but, I get 117 instead of 2017. According to everything I've read getYear() should return 117 and getFullYear() should return 2017. In the console, if I run ' (new Date()).getFullYear() ' I get 2017.

If I declare the Task function in the console and then instantiate a new Task object, everything works properly. The task object's year property will be 2017.

What am I doing wrong?

function Task(task) {
  var d = new Date();

  this.task = task;
  this.date = d.getDate();
  this.month = d.getMonth();
  this.year = d.getFullYear()
  this.complete = false;
}

var task = new Task("task one");
['date', 'month', 'year'].forEach(function(p) {
  console.log(p + ' is ' + task[p]);
});

// date is 28
// month is 8
// year is 117

I if `console.log(task.year)` I get 2017. Prior to when you overwrite the values from the function of course. — j08691, Sep 28 '17 at 02:21
No, I was just writing what each property ends up being. I see it's confusing, I'll edit. — QHafeez, Sep 28 '17 at 02:21
Converting your code to a runnable snippet doesn't display the claimed error. Voting to close as "can't replicate". — RobG, Sep 28 '17 at 02:25
I see 2017 in the snippet above. What browser are you using where you see 117? — j08691, Sep 28 '17 at 02:26
I'm using chrome. I tried in Safari and got the same thing. It works in the snippet for me also. — QHafeez, Sep 28 '17 at 02:29
In the console, if I run ' (new Date()).getFullYear() ' I get 2017 — QHafeez, Sep 28 '17 at 02:32
The snippet works here on the site. When I copy the code and run it locally, I get 117. — QHafeez, Sep 28 '17 at 02:38
It does give 117 if you use `getYear` and 2017 for `getFullYear`. You have used `getFullYear` in your snippet, hence the result — Varun Sharma, Sep 28 '17 at 06:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '17 at 17:28

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I was using the incorrect js file. The file I had updated with getFullYear() is not the one that was being run. The one that was being run was using getYear().

answered Sep 28 '17 at 17:28

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