splitting a datetime column into year, month and week

Question

I want to split a datetime column so that the year and the month both have their own column in a select statement output. I also want to have a column by week of the year, a

Answer 1

Try using the DatePart function as shown in the following:

select
  datepart(year,Mydate), 
  datepart(month,Mydate),
  datepart(week,Mydate)
From
  MyTable

Note: If you need to calculate the week number by ISO 8601 standards then you'll need to use datepart(iso_week,Mydate)

You could also look at the DateName function

select
  datename(month,Mydate)
From
  MyTable