How to get current year in the Postman script

Question

I have a requirement to get current year in the Postman pre-req script.

I'm planning to get the current date, then convert the date to string and apply sub-string to get year value

I would like to know, is this the right way of doing it, or is there any pre-defined function available to do it?

if any of the answers helped you do keep upvote and accept them — Dev, Sep 23 '19 at 14:29

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '19 at 16:15

I guess there is no pre-defined function to get year alone may be you can try like below,

const moment = require('moment');
pm.globals.set("timestamp", moment().format("MM/DD/YYYY"));

Then reference {{timestamp}} where ever you need it. check the link for more details

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 22 '19 at 13:26

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To get year -

var moment = require('moment');
console.log("timestamp", moment().format("YYYY"));

or even without using moment library -

console.log(new Date());

answered Sep 22 '19 at 13:26

Dev

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '19 at 04:22

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Another way to get current year :

new Date().getFullYear();

answered Sep 23 '19 at 04:22

Parthiban

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 16 '20 at 08:31

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var currentYear=new Date().getFullYear();
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("currentYear" ,  currentYear);

This worked for me.

edited Jul 16 '20 at 08:31

answered Jul 16 '20 at 08:07

Gayatri Purohit

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