Extracts specified components from a given datetime.

Syntax

EXTRACT (unit FROM dateobj)

Arguments

• dateobj: a valid date, datetime, time, or parsable date string

Unit specifies the components to be extracted. See DATE_ADD for a description of valid units.

Return Type

Integer

Examples

select EXTRACT(YEAR_MONTH from "2010-04-02 01:23:54");
+------------------------------------------------+
| EXTRACT(YEAR_MONTH from "2010-04-02 01:23:54") |
+------------------------------------------------+
|                                         201004 |
+------------------------------------------------+

select EXTRACT(MICROSECOND from "2010-04-02 01:23:54.567");
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| EXTRACT(MICROSECOND from "2010-04-02 01:23:54.567") |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
|                                              567000 |
+-----------------------------------------------------+

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