document.write((current.getYear() < 100) ? "19" : "", -->
current.getYear());

Now that we rolled over to year 2000, we can see that only Internet Explorer behaves as explained above. Netscape Navigator still computes the difference between the current year and 1900, as oppose to Internet Explorer that returns the full four digits for year 2000 and above. The easiest way out is to replace the getYear() method with the getFullYear() method. So here is the new date: .

Learn more about the Date object from Column 2, Mastering JavaScript Dates.

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