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category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend]
keyword: [Extend, PMD Scripting, Scripts]
nav: wcp_docs
parent_url: /wcp_docs/
title: year ( )
layout: subsection
---

## <a id="section_m3p_myb_5db"></a>Description

Returns the integer year of the given date.

## <a id="section_cyq_j1m_zsb"></a>Return Type

`Integer`

## <a id="section_instanceMethodSyntax"></a>Instance Method Syntax

```
thisDate.year()
```

<b>Example</b>

`dateWidget.value.year()`

## <a id="section_dz5_pwg_5db"></a>Namespace Function Syntax

```
date:year(date)
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>date</td><td>A Date object, typically the value of a date or time tag.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>

<b>Example</b>

`date:year(myDateInput.value)`

`2016`