In Oracle/PLSQL, the extract function extracts a value from a date or interval value.
Syntax
The syntax for the extract function is:
EXTRACT (
{ YEAR | MONTH | DAY | HOUR | MINUTE | SECOND }
| { TIMEZONE_HOUR | TIMEZONE_MINUTE }
| { TIMEZONE_REGION | TIMEZONE_ABBR }
FROM { date_value | interval_value } )
Note
You can only extract YEAR, MONTH, and DAY from a DATE.
You can only extract TIMEZONE_HOUR and TIMEZONE_MINUTE from a timestamp with a time zone datatype.
Applies To
For Example
| extract(YEAR FROM DATE '2003-08-22') | would return 2003 |
| extract(MONTH FROM DATE '2003-08-22') | would return 8 |
| extract(DAY FROM DATE '2003-08-22') | would return 22 |