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                  Syntax
                  EXTRACT(date_field FROM date) 
                  EXTRACT() 
                  Required.  
                  date_field 
                  Required. The date part that is to be extracted. See below 
                    for a complete list of date parts that can be used in this 
                    parameter. Click to see a list of valid 
                    datefield options. 
                  FROM 
                  Required.  
                  date 
                  Required. A date formatted as any valid SQL92 date_class 
                    datatype.  
                    
                  Valid datefield Options
                  
                    - YEAR
 
                    -  MONTH
 
                    -  DAY
 
                    -  HOUR
 
                    - MINUTE
 
                    - SECOND
 
                    - W - Day of the week number (1-Sunday, 2-Monday) 
 
                    - WW - Three-character day-of-week abbreviation (Sun, Mon) 
                    
 
                    - WWW - Fully spelled day-of-week (Sunday, Monday) 
 
                    - M - Non-zero-filled month number (1-January, 2-February) 
                    
 
                    - 0M - Zero-filled day-of-month number (01-January, 02-February) 
                    
 
                    - MM - Three-character month abbreviation (Jan, Feb) 
 
                    - MMM - Fully spelled month (January, February) 
 
                    - D - Non-zero-filled day-of-month (1, 2, 3) 
 
                    - 0D - Zero-filled day-of-month (01, 02, 03) 
 
                    - J - Non-zero-filled Julian date (1, 2) 
 
                    - 0J - Zero-filled Julian date (01, 02) 
 
                    - YY - Two-digit year (99, 00) 
 
                    - YYYY - Four-digit year (1999, 2000) 
 
                    - H - 12-hour, non-zero-filled hour of day (12, 1) 
 
                    - 0H - 12-hour, zero-filled hour of day (12, 01) 
 
                    - HH - 24-hour, non-zero-filled hour of day (24, 1) 
 
                    - 0HH - 24-hour, zero-filled hour of day (24, 01) 
 
                    - N - Non-zero-filled minute of hour (1, 2) 
 
                    - 0N - Zero-filled minute of hour (01, 02) 
 
                    - S - Non-zero-filled second of minute (1, 2) 
 
                    - 0S - Zero-filled second of minute (01, 02) 
 
                    - F - Non-zero-filled fraction of a second (1, 2) 
 
                    - 0F - Zero-filled fraction of a second (01, 02) 
 
                    - A - Lowercase am/pm indicator 
 
                    - AA - Uppercase AM/PM indicator
 
                   
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                  Example
                  select status,  
                  extract(  
                    mmm  
                    FROM  
                    orders.order_date)  
                  from orders  
                    where product_no='PRN4356' 
                  ORDR JANUARY 
                    ORDR DECEMBER 
                    CNCL MARCH 
                    
                    
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