YEAR Function

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Purpose of the Function

The Excel YEAR function returns the year component of a date as a 4-digit number. You can use the YEAR function to extract a year number from a date into a cell.

Syntax

Practical Example

Step -01 : Call YEAR Function :

Select The Cell, Which You Want to Apply The Function And Write YEAR Function =YEAR In Selected Cell.

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Step -02 : Enter YEAR Arguments :

We need to Select the cell Which you want to extract the year from the date within the Brackets. In this example D2

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Step -03 : Hit The Enter Key :

After Entering the Function, we need hit The Enter Key, The Excel returns the Year from The Selected Date Cell.

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Step -04 : Drag or Double Click in the Plus Sign (+) :

If You Drag Your mouse In the Bottom of Right Corner in E2 Cell. You Are Able To See Plus Sign (+), If you Double Click in The Plus Sign (+) The Excel Automatically returns the Year From The Selected Date Cell OR Click On Plus Sign (+) And Drag Up to Last Cell.

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The YEAR function is useful when you need to specifically extract the year from a date to perform calculations, sorting, or analysis based on year-specific data within your Excel spreadsheet.

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Advance Excel 365

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Introduction to Microsoft Excel

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• What is Excel 365
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Excel Formulas and Functions

Mathematical Functions

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• SUM Function
• AVERAGE Function
• MAX Function
• MIN Function
• ROUND Function
• SUMIF Function
• COUNT Function
• COUNTA Function
• COUNTIF Function

Date And Time Functions

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• NOW Function
• TODAY Function
• YEAR Function
• MONTH Function
• DAY Function
• HOUR Function
• MINUTE Function
• SECOND Function
• TIME Function

Text Functions

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• CONCATENATE Functions
• LEN and MID Function
• TRIM Function
• TEXT Function
• LEFT Function
• RIGHT Function
• UPPER Function
• LOWER Function
• PROPER Function
• REPT Function
• EXACT Function

Logical Functions

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• IF Function
• VLOOKUP Function