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Date functions
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Year
Purpose
Returns a number representing the year in which a date occurs.
Format
Year(date)
Parameters
date - any calendar date
Data type returned
number
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
You can, for example, extract the year from a field containing the date an item was sold.
Important To avoid errors when using dates, always use four-digit years. For more information
about how FileMaker Pro handles two-digit dates, see Conversion of dates with two-digit years.
Examples
Year(DateSold) returns the year stored in DateSold.
Year(“5/5/2014”) returns 2014.
Year(Date(Month(Get(CurrentDate)) +
48;Day(Get(CurrentDate));Year(Get(CurrentDate))))
returns the year that is 48
months from today’s date.