[discrete]
[[esql-date_extract]]
=== `DATE_EXTRACT`

*Syntax*

[source,esql]
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DATE_EXTRACT(date_part, date)
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*Parameters*

`date_part`::
Part of the date to extract. Can be: `aligned_day_of_week_in_month`,
`aligned_day_of_week_in_year`, `aligned_week_of_month`, `aligned_week_of_year`,
`ampm_of_day`, `clock_hour_of_ampm`, `clock_hour_of_day`, `day_of_month`,
`day_of_week`, `day_of_year`, `epoch_day`, `era`, `hour_of_ampm`, `hour_of_day`,
`instant_seconds`, `micro_of_day`, `micro_of_second`, `milli_of_day`,
`milli_of_second`, `minute_of_day`, `minute_of_hour`, `month_of_year`,
`nano_of_day`, `nano_of_second`, `offset_seconds`, `proleptic_month`,
`second_of_day`, `second_of_minute`, `year`, or `year_of_era`. Refer to
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/temporal/ChronoField.html[java.time.temporal.ChronoField]
for a description of these values. 
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If `null`, the function returns `null`.

`date`::
Date expression. If `null`, the function returns `null`.

*Description*

Extracts parts of a date, like year, month, day, hour. 

*Examples*

[source.merge.styled,esql]
----
include::{esql-specs}/date.csv-spec[tag=dateExtract]
----
[%header.monospaced.styled,format=dsv,separator=|]
|===
include::{esql-specs}/date.csv-spec[tag=dateExtract-result]
|===

Find all events that occurred outside of business hours (before 9 AM or after 5
PM), on any given date:

[source.merge.styled,esql]
----
include::{esql-specs}/date.csv-spec[tag=docsDateExtractBusinessHours]
----
[%header.monospaced.styled,format=dsv,separator=|]
|===
include::{esql-specs}/date.csv-spec[tag=docsDateExtractBusinessHours-result]
|===