DATEPART function [Date and time]

Returns the value of part of a datetime value.

Syntax 
DATEPART( date-part, date-expression )
Parameters

  • date-part   The date part to be returned.

    For a complete listing of allowed date parts, see Date parts.

  • date-expression   The date for which the part is to be returned.

Remarks

The date must contain the date-part field.

Standards and compatibility

  • SQL/2003   Vendor extension.

Example

The following statement returns the value 5.

SELECT DATEPART( month , '1987/05/02' );

The following example creates a table, TableStatistics, and inserts into it the total number of sales orders per year as stored in the SalesOrders table: 

CREATE TABLE TableStatistics ( 
   ID INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT AUTOINCREMENT, 
   Year INT, 
   NumberOrders INT );
INSERT INTO TableStatistics ( Year, NumberOrders )
   SELECT DATEPART( Year, OrderDate ), COUNT(*)
   FROM SalesOrders
   GROUP BY DATEPART( Year, OrderDate );
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