What would be the function to change paragraph into the date?

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<h1>Javascript date function</h1>
  <p id="demo">This is a paragraph. </p>
 Display date button

What would be the function so that the paragraph would change into the date when you press the button at the bottom? Thanks.

What I have tried:

JavaScript

var d = new Date();
d.setFullYear(2020);
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = d;

Posted 1-Dec-20 23:53pm

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Updated 2-Dec-20 1:52am

Sandeep Mewara

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 1 · 2020-12-02T01:52:00

You need to define a JavaScript function (which will be called on button click) and access the paragraph to make any change to it.

Here, a working example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<script>
function tryme()
{
  var d = new Date();
  d.setFullYear(2020);
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = d;
}
</script>

<body>

<h1>The button Element</h1>
<p id="demo">This is a paragraph. </p>
<button type="button" onclick="tryme()">Click Me!</button>
 
</body>
</html>