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YEAR function [Date and time]

Takes a timestamp value as a parameter and returns the year specified by that timestamp.

YEAR( datetime-expression )

datetime-expression    A date, time, or timestamp.

The value is returned as a short value.

• SQL/2003    Vendor extension.

The following example returns the value 2001.

SELECT YEAR( '2001-09-12' );