SQL Extract Year
Pulls just the year out of a date — the most common single field to extract.
What & Why
EXTRACT(YEAR FROM date_column) returns the calendar year as a plain integer — useful for grouping records by year, or filtering to a specific one.
See How It Works
BUSINESS QUESTION
Marketing wants campaign counts by start year.
| id | name | channel | spend | start_date | end_date | status | target_segment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spring Launch | google_ads | 55000.00 | 2024-01-15 | 2024-03-31 | active | smb |
| 2 | Retention Webinar | 45000.00 | 2024-02-10 | 2024-04-15 | active | enterprise | |
| 3 | Finance Retargeting | 50000.00 | 2024-03-12 | 2024-05-31 | active | enterprise | |
| 4 | Enterprise Search | google_ads | 60000.00 | 2024-04-01 | 2024-06-30 | active | enterprise |
EXAMPLE QUERY
SELECT
EXTRACT(YEAR FROM start_date)::int AS start_year,
COUNT(*) AS campaign_count
FROM marketing.campaigns
GROUP BY start_year
ORDER BY start_year;RESULT — exact output from the displayed Queryflo rows
| start_year | campaign_count |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 |
All four displayed campaigns start in 2024.
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