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SQL Server DATEPART() Function

Example

SELECT DATEPART(year, '2017/08/25') AS DatePartInt;

Definition and Usage

The DATEPART() function returns a specified part of a date.

This function returns the result as an integer value.

Syntax

DATEPART(
interval
,
date
)

Parameter Values

ParameterDescription
intervalRequired. The part of the date argument to return. Can be one of the following values: year, yyyy, yy = Year quarter, qq, q = Quarter month, mm, m = month dayofyear, dy, y = Day of the year day, dd, d = Day of the month week, ww, wk = Week weekday, dw, w = Weekday hour, hh = hour minute, mi, n = Minute second, ss, s = Second millisecond, ms = Millisecond microsecond, mcs = Microsecond nanosecond, ns = Nanosecond tzoffset, tz = Timezone offset iso_week, isowk, isoww = ISO week
dateRequired. The date to use. Can be one of the following data types: date, datetime, datetimeoffset, datetime2, smalldatetime, or time
  • year, yyyy, yy = Year
  • quarter, qq, q = Quarter
  • month, mm, m = month
  • dayofyear, dy, y = Day of the year
  • day, dd, d = Day of the month
  • week, ww, wk = Week
  • weekday, dw, w = Weekday
  • hour, hh = hour
  • minute, mi, n = Minute
  • second, ss, s = Second
  • millisecond, ms = Millisecond
  • microsecond, mcs = Microsecond
  • nanosecond, ns = Nanosecond
  • tzoffset, tz = Timezone offset
  • iso_week, isowk, isoww = ISO week

Technical Details

Return type:int
Works in:SQL Server (starting with 2008), Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Parallel Data Warehouse

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