Year

year returns the year number (1600 to 9999) from a date.

Syntax

   year(DATE_EXPR)
  • DATE_EXPR is an expression returning a date.

Examples

   # What is the year number today?
    CURRENT_DAY = year(date$)
   # Which year was the "Bastille Day" ?
    LONG_AGO=day([14/07/1789]) : # 1789

Description

year returns the day number of a valid date, including the century.

When the date is a null date ([0/0/0]), the function returns 0.

The type of result is Integer.

Associated errors

Error Description
10 The argument is not a date.
56 The date is incorrect.

See also

day, month, week, month$, day$, gdat$, dayn, nday, date$, datesyst, Date.