Date and Time - YEAR Function
Description
The YEAR function returns the year corresponding to a date. The year is returned as an integer in the range 1900-9999.
Syntax
YEAR (serial_number)
Arguments
Argument | Description | Required/ Optional |
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Serial_number | The date of the year you want to find. Dates should be entered by using the DATE function, or as results of other formulas or functions. Problems can occur if dates are entered as text. |
Required |
Notes
Microsoft Excel stores dates as sequential serial numbers so they can be used in calculations. By default, January 1, 1900 is serial number 1, and January 1, 2008 is serial number 39448 because it is 39,448 days after January 1, 1900
Values returned by the YEAR, MONTH and DAY functions would be Gregorian values regardless of the display format for the supplied date value.
Applicability
Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016