convert date to spanish in sql - sql

Question

I am running a report with multiple fields in english. I have 2 date fields at the end of the report, one has to be in English and the other in Spanish. The format the date needs to be in is ie November 1, 2012. I need the spanish to be Novembre 1, 2012. I cannot get the last field of the report to produce in spanish. I am running in sql server 2005.

Answer 1

Maybe is cumbersome, but I don't see how to do it on an easier way.
First, create a function. This function will make use of system view sys.syslanguages to get the correct name of month in spanish. Parameters are a valid date and language (alias on sys.syslanguage view).
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_GetMonthName] (
#Date DATETIME,
#Language NVARCHAR(100)
)
RETURNS NVARCHAR(400)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #i INT, #m INT,#mlist NVARCHAR(1000)
SET #m = MONTH(#Date)
SET #mlist = (SELECT months FROM sys.syslanguages WHERE ALIAS = #language)
SET #i = 1
WHILE(#i < #m)
BEGIN
SET #mlist = REPLACE(#mlist, SUBSTRING(#mlist,1,CHARINDEX(',',#mlist)) ,'')
SET #i = #i + 1
END
SET #mlist = (CASE CHARINDEX(',',#mlist) WHEN 0 THEN #mlist ELSE SUBSTRING(#mlist,0,CHARINDEX(',',#mlist) ) END )
RETURN #mlist
END
GO
Then call the function anywhere you need to:
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), GETDATE(), 100) AS CurrentDate,
dbo.fn_GetMonthName (GETDATE(), 'Spanish') AS [Mes-Month]
Result:
CurrentDate Mes-Month
May 24 2013 12:02AM Mayo
Taken from Get Language specific Month Name from SQL

Answer 2

Take a look at: http://www.sqlservercurry.com/2010/11/change-default-language-for-sql-server.html
You can temporarily set the language to spanish, not sure how feasible this is for you. The other way to do it would be to write your own months function, and maybe pass it a 2nd parameter that then decides what the output would be.

Answer 3

This function will translate the month within a string it's based on the sys.syslanguages table.
i.e. SELECT dbo.fn_tranMonth(2,0,'1 déc. 2014 10:26:14 UTC+00:00')
Results:
1 Dec. 2014 10:26:14 UTC+00:00
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[Split] (#sep char(1), #s varchar(8000))
RETURNS table
AS
RETURN (
WITH Pieces(pn, start, stop) AS (
SELECT 1, 1, CHARINDEX(#sep, #s)
UNION ALL
SELECT pn + 1, stop + 1, CHARINDEX(#sep, #s, stop + 1)
FROM Pieces
WHERE stop > 0
)
SELECT
SUBSTRING(#s, start, CASE WHEN stop > 0 THEN stop-start ELSE 512 END) AS s
FROM Pieces
)
GO
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fn_tranMonth
(
#fromLan INT
,#toLan INT
,#string VARCHAR(MAX)
)
RETURNS
VARCHAR(50)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #TTTT AS TABLE(PK INT IDENTITY(1,1)
,fromMonth VARCHAR(50)
,toMonth VARCHAR(50)
)
DECLARE
#fromMonths VARCHAR(200)
,#toMonths VARCHAR(200)
,#fromMonth VARCHAR(20)
,#toMonth VARCHAR(20)
,#rowNum INT=12;
SELECT #fromMonths=shortmonths
FROM SYS.syslanguages
WHERE langid=#fromLan;
SELECT #toMonths=shortmonths
FROM sys.syslanguages
WHERE langid=#toLan;
INSERT #TTTT(fromMonth)
SELECT S
FROM dbo.Split(',',#fromMonths);
DECLARE #TTTT2 AS TABLE(PK INT IDENTITY(1,1)
,toMonth VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT #TTTT2(toMonth)
SELECT S
FROM dbo.Split(',',#toMonths);
UPDATE #TTTT
SET toMonth=B.toMonth
FROM
#TTTT A
JOIN #TTTT2 B ON A.PK=B.PK;
DECLARE
#loopPos INT=0
,#returnMonth VARCHAR(50);
WHILE #loopPos<#rowNum
BEGIN
SET #loopPos+=1;
SELECT
#fromMonth=fromMonth
,#toMonth=toMonth
FROM #TTTT
WHERE PK=#loopPos;
SET #string=REPLACE(#string,#fromMonth,#toMonth);
END;
RETURN #string;
END

Answer 4

try this:
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),GETDATE(), 103)
or
this code, return a VARCHAR(10) with date EN ESPAÑOL, leches.
IDEA (separator used: '-'):
Get format YYYY-MM-DD NVARCHAR(10).
Get format DD-MM-YYYY nvarchar(10)
Use the function
sample:
select dbo.date2txt(GETDATE ())
function to create:
create function [dbo].[AFecha] (
#fecha NVARCHAR(10)
)
returns NVARCHAR(10)
as
begin
Declare #r nvarchar(10)
if substring(#Fecha,3,1) = '-'
set #r = #Fecha
else
set #r = substring(#fecha,9,2)+'-'+substring(#fecha,6,2)+'-'+left(#fecha,4)
Return #r
End
go
create FUNCTION [dbo].[NTSDate](#fecha DateTime)
RETURNS nVarChar(10) AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #salida nVarChar(10)
set #salida = STR(year(#fecha),4,0) + '-' + RIGHT('0' + LTRIM(month(#fecha)),2) + '-' + RIGHT('0' + LTRIM(day(#fecha)),2)
return (#salida)
End
go
ALTER function [dbo].[Date2Txt](#Fecha as datetime) returns nvarchar(10)
as
begin
return dbo.afecha(dbo.NTSDate(#Fecha))
end
go

Answer 5

You can do the following:
FORMAT(GETDATE(), 'MMMM d,yyyy','es-US')
The last parameter for format datetime is an optional culture parameter that does exactly what you need when passed the right culture.
If you needed to localize to a different language you could find the string to do so from the link below.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/default-input-locales-for-windows-language-packs?view=windows-11