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HTML
<input type="hidden" name="checkyear" id="checkyear" value="">
JavaScript
document.getElementById("checkyear").value = "1";
alert('1 - '+ document.getElementById("checkyear").value);
<input type="hidden" name="checkyear" id="checkyear" value="">
document.getElementById("checkyear").value = "1";
alert('1 - '+ document.getElementById("checkyear").value);