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Name

year()

Examples
void setup() {
  PFont metaBold;
  metaBold = loadFont("fonts/Meta-Bold.vlw.gz"); 
  setFont(metaBold, 44); 
  noLoop();
}

void draw() {
  int d = day();    // Values from 1 - 31
  int m = month();  // Values from 1 - 12
  int y = year();   // 2003, 2004, 2005, etc.
  String s = String.valueOf(d);
  text(s, 10, 28);
  s = String.valueOf(m);
  text(s, 10, 56); 
  s = String.valueOf(y);
  text(s, 10, 84);
}

Description Processing communicates with the clock on your computer. The year() function returns the current year as an integer (2003, 2004, 2005, etc).
Syntax
year()
Returnsint
Relatedmillis()
second()
minute()
hour()
day()
month()
Updated on May 19, 2014 05:29:59pm PDT

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