How to get only year from kendo datepicker?

Question

I want to get only year from kendo datepicker.

var defaultyear = $("#datepicker").val();
// 2/22/2015

I want '2015'. I do not want to change display format. Thanks.

Answer 1

Solved :)

  var defaultyear=kendo.toString($("#datepicker").data("kendoDatePicker").value(), 'yyyy');