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MaxCompute:YEAR

Last Updated:Jul 12, 2023

Returns the year in which a date value falls. This function is an additional function of MaxCompute V2.0.

Syntax

int year(datetime|timestamp|date|string <date>)

Parameters

date: required. A date value of the DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, or STRING type in the yyyy-mm-dd, yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss, or yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss.ff3 format. If the value is of the STRING type, the value must include at least the yyyy-mm-dd part and cannot contain extra strings.

Return value

A value of the INT type is returned. The return value varies based on the following rules:

  • If the value of date is not of the DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, or STRING type or the format does not meet the requirements, null is returned.

  • If the value of date is null, null is returned.

Sample data

This section provides sample source data for you to understand how to use date functions. In this topic, a table named mf_date_fun_t is created and data is inserted into the table. Sample statements:

create table if not exists mf_date_fun_t(
    id      int,
    date1   date,
    datetime1   datetime,
    timestamp1 timestamp,
    date2   date,
    datetime2   datetime,
    timestamp2 timestamp,
    date3 string,
    date4 bigint);
insert into mf_date_fun_t values
(1,DATE'2021-11-29',DATETIME'2021-11-29 00:01:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-01-11 00:00:00.123456789',DATE'2021-10-29',DATETIME'2021-10-29 00:00:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789','2021-11-20',123456780),
(2,DATE'2021-11-28',DATETIME'2021-11-28 00:02:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-02-11 00:00:00.123456789',DATE'2021-10-29',DATETIME'2021-10-29 00:00:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789','2021-11-21',123456781),
(3,DATE'2021-11-27',DATETIME'2021-11-27 00:03:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-03-11 00:00:00.123456789',DATE'2021-10-29',DATETIME'2021-10-29 00:00:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789','2021-11-22',123456782),
(4,DATE'2021-11-26',DATETIME'2021-11-26 00:04:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-04-11 00:00:00.123456789',DATE'2021-10-29',DATETIME'2021-10-29 00:00:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789','2021-11-23',123456783),
(5,DATE'2021-11-25',DATETIME'2021-11-25 00:05:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-05-11 00:00:00.123456789',DATE'2021-10-29',DATETIME'2021-10-29 00:00:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789','2021-11-24',123456784),
(6,DATE'2021-11-24',DATETIME'2021-11-24 00:06:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-06-11 00:00:00.123456789',DATE'2021-10-29',DATETIME'2021-10-29 00:00:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789','2021-11-25',123456785),
(7,DATE'2021-11-23',DATETIME'2021-11-23 00:07:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-07-11 00:00:00.123456789',DATE'2021-10-29',DATETIME'2021-10-29 00:00:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789','2021-11-26',123456786),
(8,DATE'2021-11-22',DATETIME'2021-11-22 00:08:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-08-11 00:00:00.123456789',DATE'2021-10-29',DATETIME'2021-10-29 00:00:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789','2021-11-27',123456787),
(9,DATE'2021-11-21',DATETIME'2021-11-21 00:09:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-09-11 00:00:00.123456789',DATE'2021-10-29',DATETIME'2021-10-29 00:00:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789','2021-11-28',123456788),
(10,DATE'2021-11-20',DATETIME'2021-11-20 00:10:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789',DATE'2021-10-29',DATETIME'2021-10-29 00:00:00',TIMESTAMP'2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789','2021-11-29',123456789);

Query data from the mf_date_fun_t table. Sample statement:

select * from mf_date_fun_t;
-- The following result is returned: 
+------------+------------+---------------------+-------------------------+------------+---------------------+-------------------------+------------+------------+
| id         | date1      | datetime1           | timestamp1              | date2      | datetime2           | timestamp2              | date3      | date4      |
+------------+------------+---------------------+-------------------------+------------+---------------------+-------------------------+------------+------------+
| 1          | 2021-11-29 | 2021-11-29 00:01:00 | 2021-01-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-10-29 | 2021-10-29 00:00:00 | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-11-20 | 123456780  |
| 2          | 2021-11-28 | 2021-11-28 00:02:00 | 2021-02-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-10-29 | 2021-10-29 00:00:00 | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-11-21 | 123456781  |
| 3          | 2021-11-27 | 2021-11-27 00:03:00 | 2021-03-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-10-29 | 2021-10-29 00:00:00 | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-11-22 | 123456782  |
| 4          | 2021-11-26 | 2021-11-26 00:04:00 | 2021-04-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-10-29 | 2021-10-29 00:00:00 | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-11-23 | 123456783  |
| 5          | 2021-11-25 | 2021-11-25 00:05:00 | 2021-05-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-10-29 | 2021-10-29 00:00:00 | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-11-24 | 123456784  |
| 6          | 2021-11-24 | 2021-11-24 00:06:00 | 2021-06-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-10-29 | 2021-10-29 00:00:00 | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-11-25 | 123456785  |
| 7          | 2021-11-23 | 2021-11-23 00:07:00 | 2021-07-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-10-29 | 2021-10-29 00:00:00 | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-11-26 | 123456786  |
| 8          | 2021-11-22 | 2021-11-22 00:08:00 | 2021-08-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-10-29 | 2021-10-29 00:00:00 | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-11-27 | 123456787  |
| 9          | 2021-11-21 | 2021-11-21 00:09:00 | 2021-09-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-10-29 | 2021-10-29 00:00:00 | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-11-28 | 123456788  |
| 10         | 2021-11-20 | 2021-11-20 00:10:00 | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-10-29 | 2021-10-29 00:00:00 | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123 | 2021-11-29 | 123456789  |
+------------+------------+---------------------+-------------------------+------------+---------------------+-------------------------+------------+------------+

Example: static data

-- The return value is 1970. 
select year('1970-01-01 12:30:00');
-- The return value is 1970. 
select year('1970-01-01');
-- The return value is 70. 
select year('70-01-01');
-- The return value is null. 
select year('1970/03/09'); 
-- The return value is null. 
select year(null); 

Example: table data

Obtain the year in which each date value in the date1, datetime1, timestamp1, and date3 columns falls. Data in Sample data is used in this example. Sample statement:

-- Enable the MaxCompute V2.0 data type edition. Commit this command along with the SQL statement. 
set odps.sql.type.system.odps2=true;
select date1, year(date1) as date1_year, datetime1, year(datetime1) as datetime1_year, timestamp1, year(timestamp1) as timestamp1_year, date3, year(date3) as date3_year from mf_date_fun_t;

The following result is returned:

+------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+-------------------------------+-----------------+------------+------------+
| date1      | date1_year | datetime1           | datetime1_year | timestamp1                    | timestamp1_year | date3      | date3_year |
+------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+-------------------------------+-----------------+------------+------------+
| 2021-11-29 | 2021       | 2021-11-29 00:01:00 | 2021           | 2021-01-11 00:00:00.123456789 | 2021            | 2021-11-20 | 2021       |
| 2021-11-28 | 2021       | 2021-11-28 00:02:00 | 2021           | 2021-02-11 00:00:00.123456789 | 2021            | 2021-11-21 | 2021       |
| 2021-11-27 | 2021       | 2021-11-27 00:03:00 | 2021           | 2021-03-11 00:00:00.123456789 | 2021            | 2021-11-22 | 2021       |
| 2021-11-26 | 2021       | 2021-11-26 00:04:00 | 2021           | 2021-04-11 00:00:00.123456789 | 2021            | 2021-11-23 | 2021       |
| 2021-11-25 | 2021       | 2021-11-25 00:05:00 | 2021           | 2021-05-11 00:00:00.123456789 | 2021            | 2021-11-24 | 2021       |
| 2021-11-24 | 2021       | 2021-11-24 00:06:00 | 2021           | 2021-06-11 00:00:00.123456789 | 2021            | 2021-11-25 | 2021       |
| 2021-11-23 | 2021       | 2021-11-23 00:07:00 | 2021           | 2021-07-11 00:00:00.123456789 | 2021            | 2021-11-26 | 2021       |
| 2021-11-22 | 2021       | 2021-11-22 00:08:00 | 2021           | 2021-08-11 00:00:00.123456789 | 2021            | 2021-11-27 | 2021       |
| 2021-11-21 | 2021       | 2021-11-21 00:09:00 | 2021           | 2021-09-11 00:00:00.123456789 | 2021            | 2021-11-28 | 2021       |
| 2021-11-20 | 2021       | 2021-11-20 00:10:00 | 2021           | 2021-10-11 00:00:00.123456789 | 2021            | 2021-11-29 | 2021       |
+------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+-------------------------------+-----------------+------------+------------+

Related functions

YEAR is a date function. For more information about functions related to date computing and conversion, see Date functions.