Here is another way to return m/d format (mm/dd without leading 0s):
SELECT STUFF(REPLACE('/'+CONVERT(VARCHAR(5), YourDate, 101), '/0', '/'), 1, 1, '')
On the GROUP BY, I would use something like this to handle crossing year end boundary:
GROUP BY CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), YourDate, 101)
But on ORDER BY, just use the truncated date:
ORDER BY DATEADD(d, DATEDIFF(d, 0, YourDate), 0)
My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?
My advice:
INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.
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