YEAR()

Returns an integer that represents the year of the specified *date*.

Signature

YEAR ( date )

Parameters

  • date — Is an expression that can be resolved to a time, date, smalldatetime, datetime, datetime2, or datetimeoffset value. The *date* argument can be an expression, column expression, user-defined variable or string literal.

Examples

SELECT YEAR('2010-04-30T01:01:01.1234567-07:00');
2010
SELECT YEAR(0), MONTH(0), DAY(0);
1900|1|1
SELECT TOP 1 YEAR(0), MONTH(0), DAY(0);
1900|1|1

Run against SQL Server 16.0.4265.3 on 2026-09-13. This is the output we got, not the documentation’s.

Available on

  • SQL Server 2017 and later
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Analytics Platform System (PDW)
  • Fabric SQL database

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