====== Year(date) ======
Category:  Date and Time function

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=====Description=====
This function returns the year, as a four-digit number, from //date//.

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=====Arguments=====
^Argument^Type^Description^
|date|Date or Number (date serial)|An expression representing a date.  The date value to derive the year number from.|

**Return value type:** Number 

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=====Remarks=====
The //date// argument can take any value or expression that evaluates to a date serial value.  Examples include:  
  * A date string:  #2019-12-12
  * A date serial value: 43811 (the date serial for "2019-12-12")
  * A date value created using any of the Date/Time functions that returns a date serial value.

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=====Examples=====

  year(42097)  //Returns 2015 (42097 corresponds to April 4th, 2015.)

  year( #2014-01-01)  //Returns 2014

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=====See also=====
  * [[syntax:functions:day|Day(date)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:month|Month(date)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:weekday|Weekday(date)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:makedate|MakeDate(year, month, day)]]