diff --git a/django/db/backends/__init__.py b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
index 76788bb84b..5a9560aac3 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
@@ -53,3 +53,10 @@ class BaseDatabaseOperations(object):
         This SQL is executed when a table is created.
         """
         return None
+
+    def date_extract_sql(self, lookup_type, field_name):
+        """
+        Given a lookup_type of 'year', 'month' or 'day', returns the SQL that
+        extracts a value from the given date field field_name.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
diff --git a/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py b/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py
index b9d1bf1ed6..561cd337a6 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ def variantToPython(variant, adType):
 Database.convertVariantToPython = variantToPython
 
 class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
-    pass
+    def date_extract_sql(self, lookup_type, field_name):
+        return "DATEPART(%s, %s)" % (lookup_type, field_name)
 
 class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
     ops = DatabaseOperations()
@@ -88,10 +89,6 @@ def get_last_insert_id(cursor, table_name, pk_name):
     cursor.execute("SELECT %s FROM %s WHERE %s = @@IDENTITY" % (pk_name, table_name, pk_name))
     return cursor.fetchone()[0]
 
-def get_date_extract_sql(lookup_type, table_name):
-    # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
-    return "DATEPART(%s, %s)" % (lookup_type, table_name)
-
 def get_date_trunc_sql(lookup_type, field_name):
     # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
     if lookup_type=='year':
diff --git a/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py b/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py
index 4f4a3caa43..245ab9b002 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ dictfetchone = complain
 dictfetchmany = complain
 dictfetchall = complain
 get_last_insert_id = complain
-get_date_extract_sql = complain
 get_date_trunc_sql = complain
 get_datetime_cast_sql = complain
 get_limit_offset_sql = complain
diff --git a/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py b/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
index 0051fe2072..e257b39bb8 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ server_version_re = re.compile(r'(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})')
 # TRADITIONAL will automatically cause most warnings to be treated as errors.
 
 class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
-    pass
+    def date_extract_sql(self, lookup_type, field_name):
+        # http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/date-and-time-functions.html
+        return "EXTRACT(%s FROM %s)" % (lookup_type.upper(), field_name)
 
 class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
     ops = DatabaseOperations()
@@ -137,11 +139,6 @@ dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
 def get_last_insert_id(cursor, table_name, pk_name):
     return cursor.lastrowid
 
-def get_date_extract_sql(lookup_type, table_name):
-    # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
-    # http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/date-and-time-functions.html
-    return "EXTRACT(%s FROM %s)" % (lookup_type.upper(), table_name)
-
 def get_date_trunc_sql(lookup_type, field_name):
     # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
     fields = ['year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second']
diff --git a/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py b/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py
index cc19782e7d..457b6ef777 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ class MysqlDebugWrapper:
             return getattr(self.cursor, attr)
 
 class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
-    pass
+    def date_extract_sql(self, lookup_type, field_name):
+        # http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/date-and-time-functions.html
+        return "EXTRACT(%s FROM %s)" % (lookup_type.upper(), field_name)
 
 class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
     ops = DatabaseOperations()
@@ -156,11 +158,6 @@ dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
 def get_last_insert_id(cursor, table_name, pk_name):
     return cursor.lastrowid
 
-def get_date_extract_sql(lookup_type, table_name):
-    # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
-    # http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/date-and-time-functions.html
-    return "EXTRACT(%s FROM %s)" % (lookup_type.upper(), table_name)
-
 def get_date_trunc_sql(lookup_type, field_name):
     # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
     fields = ['year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second']
diff --git a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
index 90efc4578a..7ce5d4485e 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
                 END;/""" % (tr_name, quote_name(table), sq_name)
         return sequence_sql, trigger_sql
 
+    def date_extract_sql(self, lookup_type, field_name):
+        # http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/functions42a.htm#1017163
+        return "EXTRACT(%s FROM %s)" % (lookup_type, field_name)
+
 class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
     ops = DatabaseOperations()
 
@@ -153,11 +157,6 @@ def get_last_insert_id(cursor, table_name, pk_name):
     cursor.execute('SELECT %s_sq.currval FROM dual' % sq_name)
     return cursor.fetchone()[0]
 
-def get_date_extract_sql(lookup_type, table_name):
-    # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
-    # http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/functions42a.htm#1017163
-    return "EXTRACT(%s FROM %s)" % (lookup_type, table_name)
-
 def get_date_trunc_sql(lookup_type, field_name):
     # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
     # Oracle uses TRUNC() for both dates and numbers.
diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py
index 1c6f5ec978..fa659b60c0 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ class UnicodeCursorWrapper(object):
 postgres_version = None
 
 class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
-    pass
+    def date_extract_sql(self, lookup_type, field_name):
+        # http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-EXTRACT
+        return "EXTRACT('%s' FROM %s)" % (lookup_type, field_name)
 
 class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
     ops = DatabaseOperations()
@@ -122,11 +124,6 @@ def get_last_insert_id(cursor, table_name, pk_name):
     cursor.execute("SELECT CURRVAL('\"%s_%s_seq\"')" % (table_name, pk_name))
     return cursor.fetchone()[0]
 
-def get_date_extract_sql(lookup_type, table_name):
-    # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
-    # http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-EXTRACT
-    return "EXTRACT('%s' FROM %s)" % (lookup_type, table_name)
-
 def get_date_trunc_sql(lookup_type, field_name):
     # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
     # http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-TRUNC
diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
index cf1d33bd35..9bedfbf077 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ psycopg2.extensions.register_type(psycopg2.extensions.UNICODE)
 postgres_version = None
 
 class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
-    pass
+    def date_extract_sql(self, lookup_type, field_name):
+        # http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-EXTRACT
+        return "EXTRACT('%s' FROM %s)" % (lookup_type, field_name)
 
 class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
     ops = DatabaseOperations()
@@ -76,11 +78,6 @@ def get_last_insert_id(cursor, table_name, pk_name):
     cursor.execute("SELECT CURRVAL('\"%s_%s_seq\"')" % (table_name, pk_name))
     return cursor.fetchone()[0]
 
-def get_date_extract_sql(lookup_type, table_name):
-    # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
-    # http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-EXTRACT
-    return "EXTRACT('%s' FROM %s)" % (lookup_type, table_name)
-
 def get_date_trunc_sql(lookup_type, field_name):
     # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
     # http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-TRUNC
diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
index 5579d9d9ee..c7e84d7946 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ Database.register_converter("decimal", util.typecast_decimal)
 Database.register_adapter(decimal.Decimal, util.rev_typecast_decimal)
 
 class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
-    pass
+    def date_extract_sql(self, lookup_type, field_name):
+        # sqlite doesn't support extract, so we fake it with the user-defined
+        # function _sqlite_extract that's registered in connect().
+        return 'django_extract("%s", %s)' % (lookup_type.lower(), field_name)
 
 class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
     ops = DatabaseOperations()
@@ -100,12 +103,6 @@ dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
 def get_last_insert_id(cursor, table_name, pk_name):
     return cursor.lastrowid
 
-def get_date_extract_sql(lookup_type, table_name):
-    # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'
-    # sqlite doesn't support extract, so we fake it with the user-defined
-    # function _sqlite_extract that's registered in connect(), above.
-    return 'django_extract("%s", %s)' % (lookup_type.lower(), table_name)
-
 def _sqlite_extract(lookup_type, dt):
     try:
         dt = util.typecast_timestamp(dt)
diff --git a/django/db/models/query.py b/django/db/models/query.py
index 4ad3ee5cbb..e576540e53 100644
--- a/django/db/models/query.py
+++ b/django/db/models/query.py
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ def get_where_clause(lookup_type, table_prefix, field_name, value, db_type):
     elif lookup_type in ('range', 'year'):
         return '%s BETWEEN %%s AND %%s' % field_sql
     elif lookup_type in ('month', 'day'):
-        return "%s = %%s" % backend.get_date_extract_sql(lookup_type, field_sql)
+        return "%s = %%s" % connection.ops.date_extract_sql(lookup_type, field_sql)
     elif lookup_type == 'isnull':
         return "%s IS %sNULL" % (field_sql, (not value and 'NOT ' or ''))
     elif lookup_type == 'search':