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PostgreSQL - extract year from date/time value

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In this article, we would like to show you how to extract year from DATE, TIMESTAMP, TIME or INTERVAL in PostgreSQL.

Quick solution:

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SELECT EXTRACT('year' FROM "column_name")
FROM "table_name";

PostgreSQL - extract year from timestamp/interval — Table used in the example - HeidiSQL

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At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.

Practical example

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In this example, we will only select years from each record in the event_datetime column.

Query:

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SELECT EXTRACT('year' FROM "event_datetime") AS "year"
FROM "events";

Output:

Database preparation

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create_tables.sql file:

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CREATE TABLE "events"(
    "id" SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    "event_datetime" TIMESTAMP
);

insert_data.sql file:

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INSERT INTO "events"
    ("event_datetime") 
VALUES 
    ('2021-01-01 11:41:31'),
    ('2021-01-02 12:42:32'),
    ('2021-01-03 13:43:33'),
    ('2021-01-04 14:44:34'),
    ('2021-01-05 15:45:35'),
    ('2021-01-06 16:46:36'),
    ('2021-01-07 17:47:37'),
    ('2021-01-08 18:48:38'),
    ('2021-01-09 19:49:39'),
    ('2021-01-10 20:50:40');