EXTRACT(): return a year, month, day, hour, minute, second, or time zone from x
SQL> SQL> SQL> -- EXTRACT(): return a year, month, day, hour, minute, second, or time zone from x; SQL> SQL> SELECT EXTRACT(YEAR FROM TO_DATE('01-JAN-2005 19:15:26','DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')) AS YEAR FROM dual; YEAR ---------- 2005 SQL>