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Derived Field - Year from entered date 1

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meeskelg

meeskelg

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Apr 11, 2006
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I'm trying to create a derived field of only the year from the Report Variable type date that the user enters. I've been working with the SUBSTR & TO_DATE, but can't get the correct syntax - any suggestions?
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TO_CHAR(<<DTVAR, "TO_DATE('"yyyy"-"mm"-"dd"', 'YYYY-MM-DD')">> ,'YYYY')
 
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