Easy way to get current year

Luc

March 22, 2024 09:54

I am looking for a way to get the current year as a number. I have tried to use the following but it doesnt seem to work. 

=Date.prototype.getFullYear()

What am i doing wrong?

 

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  Ryan Cooney

  March 25, 2024 15:34

  I would use:

  =(new Date()).getFullYear()
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  Bill Warren

  March 22, 2024 13:26

  Try the Format Date activity.  The Date input is  =Date.now().  Choose whatever format you need.  You can then create a value from the result.  In my case, I use the LL format and to get the current year # I create a value with the expression - =parseInt($date.formatted.substr($date.formatted.length -4))  where “date” is the ID of the Format Date activity.

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  Luc

  March 22, 2024 14:07

  Thank you Bill. This worked for me.  

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  Berend Veldkamp

  April 04, 2024 07:05 Edited

  Note that $date.formatted may depend on the user's locale, so Bill's solution will only work if the year is the last part of the formatted value. Ryan's solution will always work.

  If you still prefer Format Date, I'd use $date.iso.substring(0,4) . Also, substr() is deprecated, use substring() instead.

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