How to Show the Current Year With React

In this quick lesson you’ll learn how to show the current year with React.js.

In a previous lesson, you learned how to show the current year with vanilla JavaScript. With React, it's almost the same. Simply add the following code inside your render function, like this:

class ShowCurrentYear extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return <div>{new Date().getFullYear()}</div>;
  }
}

You could also create the get current year function outside of your render function, like this:

showCurrentYear() {
    return new Date().getFullYear();
}

And then insert the output inside your render function wherever you want to show the current year in your app, like this:

<div>{this.showCurrentYear()}</div>