EXTRACT()

Description

The EXTRACT() function uses the same kinds of unit specifiers as DATE_ADD() or DATE_SUB(), but extracts parts from the date rather than performing date arithmetic. Returns NULL if date is NULL.

Syntax

> EXTRACT(unit FROM date)

Arguments

Arguments	Description
date	Required. The date/datetime to extract the date from.
unit	Required. The unit argument can have the following values: MICROSECOND SECOND MINUTE HOUR DAY WEEK MONTH QUA TER YEAR SECOND_MICROSECOND MINUTE_MICROSECOND MINUTE_SECOND HOUR_MICROSECOND HOUR_SECOND HOUR_MINUTE DAY_MICROSECOND DAY_SECOND DAY_MINUTE DAY_HOUR YEAR_MONTH

Examples

create table t2(orderid int, productname varchar(20), orderdate datetime);
insert into t2 values ('1','Jarl','2008-11-11 13:23:44.657');

mysql> SELECT EXTRACT(YEAR FROM OrderDate) AS OrderYear, EXTRACT(MONTH FROM OrderDate) AS OrderMonth   FROM t2 WHERE OrderId=1;
+-----------+------------+
| orderyear | ordermonth |
+-----------+------------+
| 2008      | 11         |
+-----------+------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

Constraints

The date type supports only yyyy-mm-dd and yyyymmdd for now.