Date in MON-YYYY format to Text format - sql

Question

How do I convert date format field to MON-YYYY format.
I have date 12-06-2014 and I want to compare it with JUN-2014.

Answer 1

Here is a link that explains everything about date format:
Date Format
Your solution is probably the following (MySQL version):
UPPER(DATE_FORMAT(yourDate, '%b-%Y'))
And for SQL Server:
UPPER(SUBSTRING(DATENAME(MONTH, yourDate), 1, 3) + '-' + CAST(DATEPART(YEAR, yourDate) AS VARCHAR(4)))
Hope this will help you

Answer 2

The SQL Server syntax is:
UPPER(FORMAT(yourDate, 'MMM-yyyy'))

Answer 3

SQL supports a number of different date formats, but does not support non-numeric based date formats. I would strongly suggest finding a method which uses one of these formats as suggested the Microsoft SQL documentation.
Alternatively, if it is absolutely necessary that you use this format, then the following code can change any date format into the format you have requested.
declare #date date = '2014-01-01'
select
case when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 1 then 'JAN'
when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 2 then 'FEB'
when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 3 then 'MAR'
when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 4 then 'APR'
when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 5 then 'MAY'
when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 6 then 'JUN'
when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 7 then 'JUL'
when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 8 then 'AUG'
when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 9 then 'SEP'
when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 10 then 'OCT'
when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 11 then 'NOV'
when DATEPART(mm,#date) = 12 then 'DEC' end
+ '-'
+ CONVERT(char(4),DATEPART(yy,#date)) as new_format

Answer 4

You could use something like the following to format the date and compare (SQL Fiddle):
SELECT *
FROM
(
SELECT
CONCAT(
CONVERT(CHAR(3), CONVERT(DATE, MyDateField, 105), 0),
'-',
DATEPART(YYYY, CONVERT(DATE, MyDateField, 105))
) AS DF
FROM MyTable
) m
WHERE m.DF = 'JUN-2014';

Answer 5

You can use below for convert date formate.
select left(datename(mm,[Date]),3)
+'-' + cast( DATEPART(YYYY,[date]) as nvarchar(50))
from ArtistCalendar

Answer 6

You can use the DATENAME() function to get the name for a given month, which can be abbreviated like so:
SELECT LEFT(DATENAME(mm, GETDATE()),3) -- Output: 'Sep'
You can append the year using:
SELECT YEAR(GETDATE())
This should have to be converted to a string value to enable comparison with your supplied value. So you can do this:
SELECT LEFT(DATENAME(mm, GETDATE()),3) + '-'
+ CAST(YEAR(GETDATE()) AS NVARCHAR(4)) AS InputDate -- Output: Sep-2014
To check equality of a supplied value, e.g. Sep-2014:
SELECT LEFT(DATENAME(mm, GETDATE()),3) + '-'
+ CAST(YEAR(GETDATE()) AS NVARCHAR(4)) AS InputDate,
GETDATE() as FullDate,
CASE WHEN LEFT(DATENAME(mm, getdate()),3) + '-'
+ CAST(YEAR(GETDATE()) as nvarchar(4)) = 'SEP-2014'
THEN 'True'
ELSE 'False'
END as Equality
Ouptut
InputDate FullDate Equality
----------------------------------------------
Sep-2014 2014-09-15 14:35:57.427 True
To use with your table:
DECLARE #compareDate AS NVARCHAR(10)
SET #compareDate = 'Jan-2014' -- set this
SELECT LEFT(DATENAME(mm, [YOUR_COL]),3) + '-'
+ CAST(YEAR([YOUR_COL]) AS NVARCHAR(4)) AS InputDate,
[YOUR_COL]as FullDate,
CASE WHEN LEFT(DATENAME(mm, [YOUR_COL]),3) + '-'
+ CAST(YEAR([YOUR_COL]) as nvarchar(4)) = #compareDate
THEN 'True'
ELSE 'False'
END as Equality
From [YOUR_TABLE]
Just replace [YOUR_COL] with your date column and [YOUR_TABLE] with the table that holds the data column.

Answer 7

In Oracle SQL
You can do something like this
TO_CHAR(column_name, 'MON-YYYY')