# YEAR()

Converts the year portion of a date into a numeric value

Syntax

  YEAR(<cDate>) --> nYear

Arguments

  <dDate> Any valid date expression

Returns

  <nYear> The year portion of the date.

Description

  This function returns the numeric value for the year in <dDate>. This value will always be a four-digit number and is not affected by the setting of the SET CENTURY and SET DATE commands. Addition ally, an empty date expression passed to this function will yield a zero value.

Examples

          ? Year(date())
          ? year(CTOD("01/25/3251"))

Status

  Ready

Compliance

  This function is Ca-Clipper compliant

Platforms

  All

Files

  Library is rtl

See Also

- DAY()
- MONTH()