Excel Date Functions : YEAR

Introduction to YEAR Function

YEAR Function returns the year number from a valid date. As you know, in Excel a date is a combination of day, month, and year, and the YEAR function gets the year from the date and ignores the rest of the part. Yet another useful DATE Function in Excel.

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Syntax of YEAR Function

YEAR(date)

Arguments of YEAR Function

• date: A date from which you want to get the year.

Example of YEAR Function in MS Excel

In the below example, we have used the year function to get the year number from the dates. You can use this function where you have dates in your data and you only need the year number.

And in the below example, we have used today function to get the year number from the current date. It will always update the year whenever you recalculate your worksheet.

Other Excel Date Functions Tutorials

You can explore and master other date functions in Microsoft Excel. Here is a complete list of date functions available in Microsoft Excel.

• DATE Function
• DATEVALUE Function
• DAY Function
• DAYS Function
• EDATE Function
• EOMONTH Function
• MONTH Function
• NETWORKDAYS Function
• NETWORKDAYS.INTL Function
• TODAY Function
• WEEKDAY Function
• WEEKNUM Function
• YEAR Function