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SQL Server DateTime Format Guide

The document discusses date and time formatting in SQL Server. It explains that the CAST and CONVERT functions can be used to format datetime values or columns into specific date formats. CONVERT allows formatting datetime values into various styles like MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, YYYY/MM/DD. Sample queries demonstrate how to use CONVERT to output the current datetime in different formats.

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SQL Server DateTime Format Guide

The document discusses date and time formatting in SQL Server. It explains that the CAST and CONVERT functions can be used to format datetime values or columns into specific date formats. CONVERT allows formatting datetime values into various styles like MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, YYYY/MM/DD. Sample queries demonstrate how to use CONVERT to output the current datetime in different formats.

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SQL Server Date Time Format

In SQL Server used Cast or Convert function to Format DateTime value or column into a specific date
[Link] function are used to convert datetime to varchar or string.
CAST function Syntax: CAST(expression as data_type)
Let's convert current date time to varchar
select cast(getdate() as varchar)
CONVERT function is used to change or convert the DateTime [Link] using convert function you can
get only Date part or only Time part from the datetime.
CONVERT Function Syntax: CONVERT(data_type,expression,date Format style)
Let's take Sql Server DateTtime styles example:
Format Query
USA mm/dd/yy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 1)
ANSI [Link] select convert(varchar, getdate(), 2)
British/French dd/mm/yy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 3)
German [Link] select convert(varchar, getdate(), 4)
Italian dd-mm-yy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 5)
dd mon yy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 6)
Mon dd, yy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 7)
USA mm-dd-yy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 10)
JAPAN yy/mm/dd select convert(varchar, getdate(), 11)
ISO yymmdd select convert(varchar, getdate(), 12)
mon dd yyyy hh:miAM (or PM) select convert(varchar, getdate(), 100)
mm/dd/yyyy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 101)
[Link] select convert(varchar, getdate(), 102)
dd/mm/yyyy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 103)
[Link] select convert(varchar, getdate(), 104)
dd-mm-yyyy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 105)
dd mon yyyy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 106)
Mon dd, yyyy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 107)
hh:mm:ss select convert(varchar, getdate(), 108)
Default + milliseconds mon dd yyyy
hh:mi:ss:mmmAM (or PM)
select convert(varchar, getdate(), 109)
mm-dd-yyyy select convert(varchar, getdate(), 110)
yyyy/mm/dd select convert(varchar, getdate(), 111)
yyyymmdd select convert(varchar, getdate(), 112)
Europe default + milliseconds dd mon yyyy
hh:mm:ss:mmm(24h)
select convert(varchar, getdate(), 113) or select
convert(varchar, getdate(), 13)
hh:mi:ss:mmm(24h) select convert(varchar, getdate(), 114)

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