$year
$year
Extracts the year number associated with a specified date value.
Syntax
$year(date)
Parameters
| date | a data, or an expression that evaluates to a date, in the form YYYYMMDD |
Return Value
Character string.
Comments
This function extracts day information from standard date values. Date is often the system variable $Date.
Example
$year(19981225)
Evaluates to “1998”.
$year($date + 7)
Evaluates to “1999” when $Date is 19991225.
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