How To Use DATEPART() Function In SQL

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In previous chapter i have explained How To Use DATEADD() Function In SQL

now i am gonna eplain you How To Use DATEPART() Function In SQL

DATEPART() is a SQL function used to extract all kinds of date information from timestamps, and it is a function that is unique to Microsoft's SQL Server Application.

SQL Datepart:

USE mydatabase;

SELECT DATEPART(year, '2007-06-01') AS "Year";

SQL Results:

Year

2007

DATEPART() requires 2 parameters separated by a comma (,). The first parameter specifies what type of date data will be extracted, and the second parameter is a timestamp value.

SQL Datepart:

USE mydatabase;

SELECT DATEPART(year, '2007-06-01') AS "Year",
    DATEPART(month, '2007-06-01') AS "Month",
    DATEPART(day, '2007-06-01') AS "Day",
    DATEPART(dayofyear, '2007-06-01') AS "DayofYear",
    DATEPART(weekday, '2007-06-01') AS "Weekday";

SQL Results:

Year	Month	Day	DayofYear	Weekday
2007	6	1	152	6

Datepart Abbreviation Chart:

DatePart	Abbreviation	Example
year	yy, yyyy	DATEPART(yy, getdate())
quarter	qq, q	DATEPART(qq, getdate())
month	mm, m	DATEPART(mm, getdate())
dayofyear	dy, y	DATEPART(dy, getdate())
day	dd, d	DATEPART(dd, getdate())
week	wk, ww	DATEPART(wk, getdate())
weekday	dw	DATEPART(dw, getdate())
hour	hh	DATEPART(hh, getdate())
minute	mi	DATEPART(mi, getdate())
second	ss	DATEPART(ss, getdate())
millisecond	ms	DATEPART(ms, getdate())