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SQL Server DATEPART() Function

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SQL Server DATEPART() Function

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Example

Return a specified part of a date:

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

Parameter

Description interval

Required. 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 date Required. The date to use. Can be one of the following data types: date, datetime, datetimeoffset, datetime2, smalldatetime, or time

Technical Details

Return type:

int

Works in:

SQL Server (starting with 2008), Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Parallel Data Warehouse

More Examples

Example

Return a specified part of a date:

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

Example

Return a specified part of a date:

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

Example

Return a specified part of a date: SELECT DATEPART(hour, '2017/08/25 08:36') AS DatePartInt;

Example

Return a specified part of a date: SELECT DATEPART(minute, '2017/08/25 08:36') AS DatePartInt;

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