# YEAR

## Content

This function returns the year as an integer for a specified date.

## Syntax

`YEAR(date)`

## Arguments

[Required] Specify the date argument as a number (as in 37806.5), a string (as in "7/4/2003 12:00"), or a DateTime object, as in DATE(2003,7,4).

## Remarks

The widget correctly treats the year 1900 as a non-leap year and uses a base date of 12/31/1899.

## Examples

`YEAR(A2)`
`YEAR(R2C1)`
`YEAR(0.007)` gives the result (which may be different from Excel) 1899
`YEAR(DATE(2004,8,9))` gives the result 2004
`YEAR(38208)` gives the result 2004
`YEAR("8/9/2004")` gives the result 2004