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\u00a0How many time you\u00a0had to t sql date format date<\/strong> specific way\u00a0such as yyyymmdd<\/strong> ??\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many people don’t know hidden feature of builtin T-SQL CONVERT function <\/strong>. This function can not only convert<\/strong> data types but also change format<\/strong> of\u00a0\u00a0dates\/numbers. I thought about writing a small post about this function so you can bookmart this post for quick lookup which date format<\/strong> needs which style.<\/p>\n

How to do t-sql date format using CONVERT function<\/h2>\n

Simple use of convert function<\/strong> is like this<\/p>\n

CONVERT( Datatype_You_Want, Input_Value, Style )<\/em><\/p>\n

So if you want YYYYMMDD<\/strong> for your date you can do something like this (Use Style=112 for YYYYMMDD<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

if you want to remove time part from sql date<\/strong> (e.g. MM\/dd\/yyyy date format<\/strong>) then use Style=1 or 101\u00a0 (FYI – any style above 100 includes year part as 4 digit number e.g. yyyy rather than yy)<\/p>\n

CONVERT( varchar(8), getdate(),\u00a0112 )<\/p>\n

Here is full list of all supported styles for date formatting<\/strong> . I had to write little function to loop through all formats.<\/p>\n

declare @formatid int\r\ndeclare @msg varchar(200)\r\nset @formatid=0\r\n\r\nwhile @formatid<200   \r\nbegin\r\n\tset @formatid=@formatid+1\r\n\t\r\n\tbegin try\r\n\t\tset @msg='[ ' + cast(@formatid as varchar(10)) +  ' ] ' + CONVERT(varchar(100),getdate(),@formatid)\r\n\tend try\r\n\tbegin catch\r\n\t\tcontinue\r\n\tend catch\r\n\tprint @msg\r\nend<\/pre>\n
--==========================================================\r\n--Syntax: CONVERT(varchar(100),getdate(), @StyleID )\r\n--==========================================================\r\nStyleID   Output                          Description\r\n==========================================================\r\n[ 1   ]   05\/02\/14 ...................... <strong>MM\/dd\/yy<\/strong>   date format\r\n[ 2   ]   14.05.02 ...................... <strong>yy.MM.dd<\/strong>   date format\r\n[ 3   ]   02\/05\/14 ...................... <strong>dd\/MM\/yy<\/strong>   date format\r\n[ 4   ]   02.05.14 ...................... <strong>dd.MM.yy<\/strong>   date format\r\n[ 5   ]   02-05-14 ...................... <strong>dd-MM-yy<\/strong>   date format\r\n[ 6   ]   02 May 14 ..................... dd Mon yy   date format\r\n[ 7   ]   May 02, 14 .................... Mon dd, yy   date format\r\n[ 8   ]   15:20:43 ...................... <strong>HH:MIN:ss<\/strong>   date format\r\n[ 9   ]   May  2 2014  3:20:43:243PM .... Mon D yyyy h:n:s:mstt   date format\r\n[ 10  ]   05-02-14 ..................... <strong>MM-dd-yy<\/strong>   date format\r\n[ 11  ]   14\/05\/02 ..................... <strong>yy\/MM\/dd<\/strong>   date format\r\n[ 12  ]   140502 ....................... yyMMdd   date format\r\n[ 13  ]   02 May 2014 15:20:43:243 ..... dd Mon yyyy HH:nn:ss:ms   date format\r\n[ 14  ]   15:20:43:243 ................. HH:nn:ss:ms   sql date format\r\n[ 20  ]   2014-05-02 15:20:43 .......... yyyy-MM-dd HH:nn:ss   t-sql date format\r\n[ 21  ]   2014-05-02 15:20:43.243 ...... yyyy-MM-dd HH:nn:ss.ms   t-sql date format\r\n[ 22  ]   05\/02\/14  3:20:43 PM ......... MM\/dd\/yy H:n:s tt   t-sql date format\r\n[ 23  ]   2014-05-02 ................... yyyy-MM-dd   t-sql date format\r\n[ 24  ]   15:20:43 ..................... HH:nn:ss   t-sql date format\r\n[ 25  ]   2014-05-02 15:20:43.243 ...... yyyy-MM-dd HH:nn:ss.ms   t-sql date format\r\n[ 100 ]   May  2 2014  3:20PM ......... Mon d yyyy h:ntt   t-sql date format -- Default (0 or 100)\r\n[ 101 ]   05\/02\/2014 .................. MM\/dd\/yyyy   t-sql date format -- U.S. (1 or 101)\r\n[ 102 ]   2014.05.02 .................. yyyy.MM.dd   t-sql date format -- ANSI (2 or 102)\r\n[ 103 ]   02\/05\/2014 .................. dd\/MM\/yyyy   t-sql date format -- British\/French (3 or 103)\r\n[ 104 ]   02.05.2014 .................. dd.MM.yyyy   t-sql date format -- German (4 or 104)\r\n[ 105 ]   02-05-2014 .................. dd-MM-yyyy   t-sql date format -- Italian (5 or 105)\r\n[ 106 ]   02 May 2014 ................. dd Mon yyyy   t-sql date format\r\n[ 107 ]   May 02, 2014 ................ Mon dd, yyyy   t-sql date format\r\n[ 108 ]   15:20:43 .................... HH:nn:ss   t-sql date format\r\n[ 109 ]   May  2 2014  3:20:43:250PM .. Mon D yyyy h:n:s:mstt   t-sql date format -- Default + milliseconds ( 9 0r 109)\r\n[ 110 ]   05-02-2014 .................. MM-dd-yyyy   t-sql date format -- USA\r\n[ 111 ]   2014\/05\/02 .................. yyyy\/MM\/dd   -- JAPAN date format\r\n[ 112 ]   20140502 .................... yyyyMMdd   -- ISO date format\r\n[ 113 ]   02 May 2014 15:20:43:283 ...................... dd Mon yyyy HH:nn:ss:ms   -- Europe default + milliseconds date format\r\n[ 114 ]   15:20:43:283 ...................... HH:nn:ss:ms   t-sql date format\r\n[ 120 ]   2014-05-02 15:20:43 ...................... yyyy-MM-dd HH:nn:ss   t-sql date format -- ODBC canonical\r\n[ 121 ]   2014-05-02 15:20:43.283 ...................... yyyy-MM-dd HH:MM:ss.ms   t-sql date format -- ODBC canonical (with milliseconds)\r\n[ 126 ]   2014-05-02T15:20:43.283 ...................... yyyy-mm-ddThh:mi:ss.ms   -- ISO8601 date format\r\n[ 127 ]   2014-05-02T15:20:43.283 ...................... yyyy-mm-ddThh:mi:ss.msZ   -- ISO8601 date format with time zone Z\r\n[ 130 ]    3 ??? 1435  3:20:43:283PM ...................... dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss:MonAM   t-sql date format Hijri\r\n[ 131 ]    3\/07\/1435  3:20:43:283PM ...................... dd\/mm\/yyyy hh:mi:ss:MonAM   t-sql date format Hijri \r\n<\/pre>\n
Here is the reference to CONVERT function<\/a><\/p>\n
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