diff --git a/date_test.go b/date_test.go
index dda64ff..c88bac2 100644
--- a/date_test.go
+++ b/date_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func TestDate(t *testing.T) {
 	test(`new Date(1348616313).getTime()`, "1348616313")
 	test(`new Date(1348616313).toUTCString()`, "Fri, 16 Jan 1970 14:36:56 UTC")
 	test(`abc = new Date(1348616313047); abc.toUTCString()`, "Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:38:33 UTC")
+	check(`abc.getYear()`, time.Year()-1900)
 	check(`abc.getFullYear()`, time.Year())
 	check(`abc.getUTCFullYear()`, 2012)
 	check(`abc.getMonth()`, int(time.Month())-1) // Remember, the JavaScript month is 0-based
diff --git a/global.go b/global.go
index 02c2e3e..b5d6de5 100644
--- a/global.go
+++ b/global.go
@@ -357,6 +357,15 @@ func newContext() *_runtime {
 		},
 		// getTime, ...
 		"getTime", 0, builtinDate_getTime,
+		"getYear", 0, func(call FunctionCall) Value {
+			// Will throw a TypeError is ThisObject is nil or
+			// does not have Class of "Date"
+			date := dateObjectOf(call.thisObject())
+			if date.isNaN {
+				return NaNValue()
+			}
+			return toValue(date.Time().Local().Year() - 1900)
+		},
 		"getFullYear", 0, func(call FunctionCall) Value {
 			// Will throw a TypeError is ThisObject is nil or
 			// does not have Class of "Date"