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EXTRACT function

EXTRACT returns some time component from a time-based value, such as the year from a Timestamp.

Signatures

EXTRACT ( EPOCH MILLENNIUM CENTURY DECADE YEAR QUARTER MONTH WEEK DAY HOUR MINUTE SECOND MICROSECOND MILLISECOND DOW ISODOW DOY FROM val )
Parameter Type Description
val date, time, timestamp, timestamp with time zone, interval The value from which you want to extract a component.

Arguments

EXTRACT supports multiple synonyms for most time periods.

Time period Synonyms
epoch EPOCH
millennium MIL, MILLENNIUM, MILLENNIA
century C, CENT, CENTURY, CENTURIES
decade DEC, DECS, DECADE, DECADES
year Y, YEAR, YEARS, YR, YRS
quarter QTR, QUARTER
month MON, MONS, MONTH, MONTHS
week W, WEEK, WEEKS
day D, DAY, DAYS
hour H, HR, HRS, HOUR, HOURS
minute M, MIN, MINS, MINUTE, MINUTES
second S, SEC, SECS, SECOND, SECONDS
microsecond US, USEC, USECS, USECONDS, MICROSECOND, MICROSECONDS
millisecond MS, MSEC, MSECS, MSECONDS, MILLISECOND, MILLISECONDS
day of week DOW
ISO day of week ISODOW
day of year DOY

Return value

EXTRACT returns a numeric value.

Examples

Extract second from timestamptz

SELECT EXTRACT(S FROM TIMESTAMP '2006-01-02 15:04:05.06');
 extract
---------
    5.06

Extract century from date

SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURIES FROM DATE '2006-01-02');
 extract
---------
      21