{"id":1407,"date":"2019-02-27T11:03:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T04:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/?page_id=1407"},"modified":"2024-03-02T18:31:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T11:31:30","slug":"sql-server-datename-function","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-date-functions\/sql-server-datename-function\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server DATENAME() Function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn how to use the SQL Server <code>DATENAME()<\/code> function to get a character string that represents a specified date part of a date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='sql-server-datename-function-overview'>SQL Server DATENAME() function overview <a href=\"#sql-server-datename-function-overview\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"sql-server-datename-function-overview\" title=\"Anchor for SQL Server DATENAME() function overview\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>DATENAME()<\/code> function returns a string, <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-nvarchar\/\">NVARCHAR<\/a><\/code> type, that represents a specified date part e.g., year, month, and day of a specified date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following shows the syntax of the <code>DATENAME()<\/code> function:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">DATENAME(date_part,input_date)\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The <code>DATENAME()<\/code> function accepts two arguments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>date_part<\/code> is a part of the date that you want to return. The table below lists all valid date part values.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>input_date<\/code> is a literal date or an expression that can resolve to a <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-time\/\">TIME<\/a><\/code>, <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-date\/\">DATE<\/a><\/code>, <code>SMALLDATETIME<\/code>, <code>DATETIME<\/code>, <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-datetime2\/\">DATETIME2<\/a><\/code>, or <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-datetimeoffset\/\">DATETIMEOFFSET<\/a><\/code> value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><em>date_part<\/em><\/th><th>abbreviations<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>year<\/td><td>yy, yyyy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>quarter<\/td><td>qq, q<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>month<\/td><td>mm, m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>dayofyear<\/td><td>dy, y<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>day<\/td><td>dd, d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>week<\/td><td>wk, ww<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>weekday<\/td><td>dw<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hour<\/td><td>hh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>minute<\/td><td>mi, n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>second<\/td><td>ss, s<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>millisecond<\/td><td>ms<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>microsecond<\/td><td>mcs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>nanosecond<\/td><td>ns<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TZoffset<\/td><td>tz<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ISO_WEEK<\/td><td>isowk, isoww<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='datename-vs-datepart'>DATENAME() vs. DATEPART() <a href=\"#datename-vs-datepart\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"datename-vs-datepart\" title=\"Anchor for &lt;code&gt;DATENAME()&lt;\/code&gt; vs. &lt;code&gt;DATEPART()&lt;\/code&gt;\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that <code>DATENAME()<\/code> is similar to the <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-date-functions\/sql-server-datepart-function\/\">DATEPART()<\/a><\/code> except for the return type. The <code>DATENAME()<\/code> function returns the date part as a character string whereas the <code>DATEPART()<\/code> returns the date part as an integer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the following example:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span>\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATEPART<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">year<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2018-05-10'<\/span>) &#91;<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">datepart<\/span>], \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">year<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2018-05-10'<\/span>) &#91;<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">datename<\/span>];<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The output looks the same:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted lang:tsql highlight:0 decode:true\">datepart    datename\n----------- -----------\n2018        2018\n\n(1 row affected)\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>However, their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-data-types\/\">data types<\/a> are different as shown in the following example:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span>\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATEPART<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">year<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2018-05-10'<\/span>) + <span class=\"hljs-string\">'1'<\/span> &#91;<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">datepart<\/span>], \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">year<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2018-05-10'<\/span>) + <span class=\"hljs-string\">'1'<\/span> &#91;<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">datename<\/span>] ;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The following shows the result:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted lang:tsql highlight:0 decode:true\">datepart    datename\n----------- -----------\n2019        20181\n\n(1 row affected)\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the <code>DATEPART()<\/code> function returns an integer, the expression evaluates to 2019 (<code>2018<\/code> + <code>1<\/code>). However, the <code>DATENAME()<\/code> function returns a character string, therefore, the <code>+<\/code> is the concatenation operator which results in <code>'20181'<\/code> (<code>2018<\/code> + <code>1<\/code>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='sql-server-datename-function-example'>SQL Server DATENAME() function example <a href=\"#sql-server-datename-function-example\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"sql-server-datename-function-example\" title=\"Anchor for SQL Server &lt;code&gt;DATENAME()&lt;\/code&gt; function example\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This example uses the <code>DATENAME()<\/code> function to return various date parts of the <code>'2020-10-02 10:20:30.1234567 +08:10'<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DECLARE<\/span> @dt DATETIME2= <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2020-10-02 10:20:30.1234567 +08:10'<\/span>;\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'year,yyy,yy'<\/span> date_part, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">year<\/span>, @dt) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">result<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'quarter, qq, q'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">quarter<\/span>, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'month, mm, m'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">month<\/span>, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'dayofyear, dy, y'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">dayofyear<\/span>, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'day, dd, d'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">day<\/span>, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'week, wk, ww'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">week<\/span>, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'weekday, dw, w'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">weekday<\/span>, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'hour, hh'<\/span> date_part, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">hour<\/span>, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'minute, mi,n'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">minute<\/span>, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'second, ss, s'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">second<\/span>, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'millisecond, ms'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(millisecond, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'microsecond, mcs'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">microsecond<\/span>, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'nanosecond, ns'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(nanosecond, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'TZoffset, tz'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(tz, @dt)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UNION<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'ISO_WEEK, ISOWK, ISOWW'<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATENAME<\/span>(ISO_WEEK, @dt);\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span 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