Why does the code SELECT * FROM employees WHERE hire_date > '2000%'; Not work?

Hi João! Thanks for reaching out. Please, use the following code: SELECT * FROM employees WHERE year(hire_date) > 2000; You need to use the YEAR() function in order to extract the year from the hire_date column. Another solution is: SELECT * FROM employees WHERE hire_date LIKE '20%'; This code will give a result set with all years starting with '20' which means all years bigger or equal to 2000. Hope this helps. Best, Tsvetelin

can we use something like SELECT * FROM employees WHERE hire_date > '2000-__-__'; ?? and of course, we can use SELECT * FROM employees WHERE hire_date > '2000-12-31'; which is the last day in 2000 But this answer is not practical and unprofessional