By: Daniel Calbimonte
The YEAR function returns the year as an integer from the date or datetime provided.
Syntax
YEAR(date)
Parameters
- Date – Is the date or datetime provided
Simple YEAR Example
The following example will show the year for the data March 9, 2021.
SELECT YEAR('3-9-2021 5:00:55 PM') as YEAR
YEAR function with NULL values
If the parameter of the YEAR function is NULL, a NULL value will be returned.
SELECT YEAR(NULL) as YEAR
Conversion failed error for the YEAR function
A typical error will occur if the date is invalid. The following example use a year of (10000). The maximum year value is 9999 (4 digits).
SELECT YEAR('13-02-10000 5:00:55 PM') as YEAR
The error message displayed will be the following.
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.
Time with the YEAR function
If the YEAR function receives just a time value, the value returned is 1900.
SELECT YEAR('5:00:55 PM') as YEAR
YEAR function using Data from a Table
The following example will show the YEAR for the EndDate column.
SELECT YEAR(EndDate) as YEAR FROM [Production].[ProductCostHistory]
