This is a simple function I use to get the month/day/year of a datetime value.
Usage:
Select mydb.dbo.udfmmddyyyy(Getdate())
Note: This is easily modified for British/Australian date format.
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS OFF
GO
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[udfmmddyyyy]')
and xtype in (N'FN', N'IF', N'TF'))
drop function [dbo].[udfmmddyyyy]
GO
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.udfmmddyyyy (@dttm DATETIME)
RETURNS nvarchar(10)
AS
BEGIN
Declare @udfmmddyyyy nvarchar(10)
SELECT @udfmmddyyyy = RIGHT('0' + CAST(Month(@dttm) AS Varchar(2)), 2) + '/' + RIGHT('0' + CAST(Day(@dttm) AS Varchar(2)), 2) + '/' + CAST(Year(@dttm) AS Varchar(4))
RETURN(@udfmmddyyyy)
END
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO 
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