how to extract only the year from the date in sql server 2008?

Question

In sql server 2008, how to extract only the year from the date. In DB I have a column for date, from that I need to extract the year. Is there any function for that?

Answer 1

You can use year() function in sql to get the year from the specified date.

Syntax:

YEAR ( date )

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