# Date Navigation

> FullCalendar v1 documentation, for an old release. Web version: https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/date-navigation
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> Latest version (v7): https://fullcalendar.io/docs/date-navigation.md

Methods and settings that determine the view's current dates.

## Articles

- [year](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/year.md) - The initial year when the calendar loads.
- [month](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/month.md) - The initial month when the calendar loads.
- [date](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/date.md) - The initial date-of-month when the calendar loads.

## Methods

- [prev](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/prev.md) - Moves the calendar one step back (either by a month, week, or day).
- [next](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/next.md) - Moves the calendar one step forward (either by a month, week, or day).
- [prevYear](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/prevYear.md) - Moves the calendar back one year.
- [nextYear](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/nextYear.md) - Moves the calendar forward one year.
- [today](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/today.md) - Moves the calendar to the current date.
- [gotoDate](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/gotoDate.md) - Moves the calendar to an arbitrary year/month/date.
- [incrementDate](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/incrementDate.md) - Moves the calendar forward/backward an arbitrary amount of time.
- [getDate](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/getDate.md) - Returns a Date object for the current date of the calendar.

## See Also

- [viewRender](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/viewRender.md) - Triggered when a new date-range is rendered, or when the view type switches.
- [viewDestroy](https://legacy.fullcalendar.io/v1/viewDestroy.md) - Triggered when a rendered date-range needs to be torn down.