get the year from a date in sql code example

Example 1: current year sql

-- Oracle
SELECT extract(YEAR FROM sysdate) FROM dual;			// number
SELECT to_char(sysdate, 'YYYY') FROM dual;				// varchar

Example 2: get current year sql

select year(getdate())

Example 3: extract year from date sql

SELECT extract(YEAR FROM sysdate) FROM dual;			// number
SELECT to_char(sysdate, 'YYYY') FROM dual;				// varchar

Example 4: sql get year from datetime field

SELECT YEAR(DateTimeField)
FROM MyTable