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YEAR
Get the year from a date
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What is the YEAR Function?
The YEAR function is a Date/Time function that is used for calculating the year
number from a given date. The function will return an integer that is a fourdigit
year corresponding to a specified date. For example, if we use this
function on a date such as 12/12/2017, it will return 2017.
Using dates in financial modeling is very common and the YEAR function helps
extract a year number from a date into a cell. The function can also be used to
extract and feed a year value into another formula such as the DATE function.
Formula
=YEAR(serial_number)
The serial_number argument is required. It is the date of the year that we
wish to find. Dates should be entered either by using the DATE function or as
results of other formulas or functions. Problems can occur if dates are entered
as text.
How to use the YEAR Function in Excel?
It is a built-in function that can be used as a worksheet function in Excel. To
understand the uses of the YEAR function, let’s consider a few examples:
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