# Date.setFullYear()

#### Availability

Flash Player 5.

#### Usage

    my_date.setFullYear(year [, month [, date]] )

#### Parameters

`year` A four-digit number specifying a year. Two-digit numbers do not represent years; for example, 99 is not the year 1999, but the year 99.

`month` An integer from 0 (January) to 11 (December). This parameter is optional.

`date` A number from 1 to 31. This parameter is optional.

#### Returns

An integer.

#### Description

Method; sets the year of the specified Date object, according to local time, and returns the new time in milliseconds. If the `month` and `date` parameters are specified, they are also set to local time. Local time is determined by the operating system on which the Flash Player is running.

Calling this method does not modify the other fields of the specified Date object but Date.getUTCDay() and Date.getDay() may report a new value if the day of the week changes as a result of calling this method.