Formatting date in a select statement?
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As a newbie to TSQL I have searched my reference materials and can't seem to find out how to set the date format in a simple select statement. Can someone enlighten me, please?
When I pull a date field from my database, I get YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSS but I would like to be able to modify the format. I thought I could simply use the "SET DATEFORMAT" function, but can't seem to get that to work.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to help me out!
Austin
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Convert will help you format your date (or datepart)
Kindest Regards,Vasc
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Thanks, but not sure I see how a CONVERT is going to help. I don't really think I want to convert the data-type, just the format. Isn't that it?
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The format of the displayed date is given by your computer settings
Kindest Regards,Vasc
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Use CONVERT in your SELECT statement to format the results that are returned by the SELECT statement - this will not affect the underlying data:
SELECT CONVERT(blah blah) as NiceDate, ....
will display a result called NiceDate, format according to your CONVERT statement.
Regards
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Edited to correct fat finger problem
Hi try this bol will explain the convert and cast functions.
DECLARE @SomeDate datetime
SET @Somedate = '2005/05/12'
Select @Somedate,Convert(char(12),@somedate)as "Nice Date"
/*
Returns
2005-05-12 00:00:00.000 May 12 2005
*/
HTH Mike
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Thank you all very much! I think I've got it now!
Austin
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