year() function

The year() function determines the year of a specified date.

You can also determine the year value by using the Netezza Performance Server date_part() function.

Syntax

The year() function has the following syntax:
int2 = year(date input);

The input value specifies the date.

Returns

The function returns an integer representation of the year of the specified date.

Example

This example returns 1996:

select year('1996-2-29');
 YEAR
------
 1996
(1 row)