Why isn't my code running?

function getYear() { 
var year = new Date().getFullYear(); 
return year; 
}

getYear(); 

Your function works if you take out the last return statement. Looks like maybe you changed variables and just didn't clean it up.

Erik-I tried the solution you posted, but it didn't run. I'll try it again.

No.

Erik,

I put another code in the objective. It still isn't working. I'll still keep working on it.

function getYear() { var year = new Date().getFullYear(); return year; }

var yearToday(); getYear();

function getYear() {
 var year = new Date().getFullYear(); 
return year; }

var yearToday(); 
getYear();

the line var yearToday() doesn't actually do anything. It is not a variable as it is a function call which is defined by the () brackets. There is also no function here called yearToday so it is not needed.

Without it, the code does work. I am not sure why else you could be having a problem.

function getYear() {  //2
 var year = new Date().getFullYear(); //3
return year; } //4

getYear();  //1

breaking it down line by line

1) this calls the function which does exist

2) this is defining your function and setting it up. There are no arguments being passed in.

3) this sets up both the variable year and then creates a new Date and uses the method getFullYear which grabs 2016

4) this returns year.

The only other thing that may be causing an issue depending on your goal. There is nothing actually storing the variable. You could accomplish this by doing

var currentYear = getYear()

By doing this, we are returning the information we got from the function, 2016, into the variable currentYear which could then be used for something else.