I have date in mm/dd/yyyy format in database.I want to display in form as dd/mm/yyyy.
Can anybody help?I want to get time along with date.
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), YourField, 103)
Per your comment - you want the time as well.
select (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), YourField, 103) + ' ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(15), YourField, 108)) as DateTime
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa226054.aspx
A date value doesn't have a format at all. It gets it's format when you convert it to a string.
You can use the convert function to convert the value in the database, but you should rather leave that to the code in the user interface.
What Guffa said, plus this from books online: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa226054.aspx
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), column, 103)
103 is yyyy
3 is yy
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I have a datetime datatype column with the data format '16-12-2018 17:33:29' (dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss). So if I get input data as 2018-12-16 17:33:29, the data needs to be converted into '16-12-2018 17:33:29'.
This is the datatype conversion I have been trying,
SELECT
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), '2018-12-16 17:33:29', 105) + ' ' +
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), '2018-12-16 17:33:29', 108)
Output is: 2018-12-16 2018-12-16
But if I use Getdate() instead of hardcoded value I'm getting the expected data format:
SELECT
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 105) + ' ' +
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 108)
Output is: 16-12-2018 17:36:18
My question is, why the same datatype conversion query is working if we use getdate() but not in hardcoded values?
Your second query has a date value as second parameter. Your first query has just a string there.
The fact that that string looks like a date is not important as far as SQL is concerned.
Edit.
When your column has a datetime type, then use datetime values to transport data. Try and keep away from strings as often as possible.
I have a field with date in the format dd.mm.yyyy E.x. 29.05.2016. I want to SELECT it as DATE but I get an error when I try the following:
CAST([PublishedDate] AS DATE) AS PublishedOn
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.
Reading this I tried the following:
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), [PublishedDate], 126) AS PublishedDate
But it doesn't change the format.
How do I SELECT to have it in YYYY-MM-DD format.
EDIT: I have 3 different date fields with all three having different formats: dd.mm.yyyy | yyyy-mm-dd | yyyy/mm/dd. I want to select all of them with the same format. Since I use this query to build reports, right now I have dates in different formats. Doing the following:
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), [PublishedDate], 104) AS PublishedOn
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), [ValidFromDate], 104) AS ValidFrom
Gives me the following
You should use the right format, in your case it would be:
CONVERT(date, [PublishedDate], 104) AS PublishedDate
Also, once it's in a date, datetime or other date datatype, it doesn't have a format at all.
edit: Once you have your values in a date datatype, of course you can recast to a varchar to get the visual representation of the date you need.
edit2: If you want a date datatype, you should convert to date: CONVERT(DATE, [your column], [your format]).
If you want a nvarchar datatype, you should convert to nvarchar: CONVERT(nvarchar(x), [your column], [your format]).
You have an nvarchar that you want to display in a certain format, so you should first convert to date, then back to varchar (I doubt you need unicode):
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), CONVERT(date, [PublishedDate], 104), 126)
The 104 you have to change for columns that are currently in a different format.
The best solution by far, is to change the datatypes to date. That is a bit of work, but definitely worthwhile.
If you really want the string do like this:
CONVERT(char(10), CONVERT(date,[date], 104),126) AS PublishedDate
Convert the string to date, using the 104 format (dd.mm.yyyy), as it is your original format, then convert the date into string, using the 126 format (yyy-mm-dd)
If you have a newer version of SQL Server, you may try
SELECT COALESCE(TRY_CAST(adate AS DATE), TRY_convert(DATE, adate, 126), TRY_convert(DATE, adate, 104)), format
FROM (
VALUES ('26.04.2017', 'dkformat') ,
('01.01.2017', 'EU format'),
('12.12.12', 'unknown format')
) a(aDate, format)
But you are going down a dangerous path, when you are trying to guess what format your source is in. Been there, done that, had the t-shirt.
I still hate the 0.1% conversions that are wrong.
This solution will result in NULLs, so you can see where your conversion did not succeed.
I have a rather strange issue here. I have a date string, which I've created partly by myself to incorporate a variable. The problem is, that I'm setting another language settings. In this case, I have to also convert the string to fit the language settings format. I'm using this code:
cast(convert(varchar, cast(cast(getdate() as date) as varchar) + ' ' + RIGHT('0' + CAST(#HR as varchar), 2) + ':00:00.000', 120) as datetime)
I get the error "The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.", which is normal if you assign wrong date format before casting.
The problem is, that when I try to convert the personally created date string, it doesn't change its format no matter what format code I set it in. That doesn't change even when I hardcode a number instead of my variable:
convert(varchar, cast(cast(getdate() as date) as varchar) + ' 0' + CAST(2 as varchar) + ':00:00.000', 101)
results in 2016-09-14 02:00:00.000
For example,
convert(varchar, dateadd(Hour, 2, getdate()), 101) as datetime
Results in 09/14/2016.
Even though I have a different language setting, isn't SQL server supposed to always recognize the date format in the standard format?
Please give me an advice so I can overcome this issue.
Thanks in advance!
PS: I managed to solve my issue by inserting converted datetime column in a variable before setting bulgarian language. I'm still very interested to know what causes the problem though.
Ok I may have a soution for the question: Why is the format differently handled in SQL-SERVER when converting.
CONVERT(data_type(length),expression,style)
The STYLEvalue only applies for date/time.
So it's because of the datatype that the output is different.
See following example:
SELECT convert(varchar, dateadd(Hour, 2, getdate()), 101) as datetime
You get the result:
09/14/2016
Here your are converting a datetime datatype into a varchar and the STYLE-value with 101 applies for CONVERT and the output is converted in that format.
Example 2 is the same but the inner most part is casted into a varchar before converting it:
SELECT convert(varchar, CAST(dateadd(Hour, 2, getdate()) AS varchar), 101) as datetime
The result you get is:
Sep 14 2016 4:09PM
So because we are trying to convert a varchar into a varchar the STYLE-value doesn't apply for the conversion.
That is also why the first query is handled diffrent then the other:
SELECT convert(varchar, cast(cast(getdate() as date) as varchar) + ' 0' + CAST(2 as varchar) + ':00:00.000', 101)
Here you cast into varchar cast(cast(getdate() as date) as varchar) before converting. So the STYLE-value is not applying because it's not from datatype date/time.
I hope it made it a bit clear. Let me know if this helped.
When you use convert to format the datetime, you can pass a style number to it.
Looky here or here for those numbers.
The query below converts custom created datetimes to the 126 (ISO8601) format.
declare #d int = 2;
SELECT
CONVERT(varchar,
CONVERT(datetime,
CONCAT(FORMAT(GETDATE(),'yyyy-MM-dd'),' ',#d,':0')
)
,126) AS MyDateStamp1,
CONVERT(varchar,
CONVERT(datetime,
CONVERT(varchar,GETDATE(),102)+' '+convert(varchar,#d)+':0'
)
,126) AS MyDateStamp2;
The FORMAT & CONCAT functions can be used in SQL Server 2012 and beyond.
But if you have an earlier version then CONVERT should work instead.
Additional tip:
If you're using the CONVERT solution above, note that
"convert(varchar, CAST(dateadd(Hour, 2, getdate()) AS varchar), 101)" calls for you to set datatype to varchar.
I just came across code
"Convert(date,ML.StartDate,101)"
and since style 101 is mm/dd/yyyy, and the output was yyyy-mm-dd, I knew something was wrong. By changing the code to
"Convert(varchar,ML.StartDate,101)"
the proper date style was displayed in the result set.
How to I convert a text value like "18/06/11" to a date format like "2011-06-18"?
I have tried the following
convert(char,[InstrumentText], 106)
but the value just stays in the same format
Thanks
The correct format for your string would appear to be 103.
More importantly, you need to convert to a datetime not to a char:
convert(date,[InstrumentText], 103)
If you then want to convert it back to a string in the format yyyy-mm-dd, you can do:
convert(varchar(10), convert(date,[InstrumentText], 103), 120)
Try
SELECT convert(datetime, '18/06/11' , 3)
I grabbed this from sqlusa.com:
SELECT CAST([InstrumentText] AS datetime)
My sample query is
SELECT D30.SPGD30_LAST_TOUCH_Y
from CSPGD30_TRACKING D30
My given date format is like "2013-01-01 00:00:00.000". I need to convert this date format to "mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM". Do you have any idea about that?
I think there is no single format to give them both. Try this using Convert; Sql-Demo
declare #mydate datetime = getdate()
select convert(varchar(10),#mydate, 101) + right(convert(varchar(32),#mydate,100),8)
| COLUMN_0 |
----------------------
| 02/22/2013 9:36AM |
The FORMAT() function is available from version 2012 onwards.
Once upgraded, you can use
select FORMAT(#date,'MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:s tt')
Use this
select CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), mydate, 101) + ' ' + RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR, mydate, 100), 7) from tablename
Try this
SELECT convert(varchar(20), GetDate(), 0);
To extract only AM/PM
substring(convert(varchar(30), GetDate(), 9), 25, 2);
Fiddle
Use the following scenario for getting date,time,day,month,year,hours,minutes,seconds,AM/PM
:)
SELECT UpdatedOn ,
CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,100) DateTime,
CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,10) Date ,
CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,108) Time ,
substring(CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,106),1,2) Day,
substring(CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,106),4,3) CMonth,
substring(CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,105),4,2) NMonth,
substring(CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,106),8,4) Year,
left(right(CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,100),7),2) Hours_12,
substring(CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,108),1,2) Hours_24,
substring(CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,108),4,2) Minutes,
substring(CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,108),7,2) Second,
right(CONVERT(varchar,UpdatedOn,100),2) AM_PM
FROM dbo.DeviceAssignSim
WHERE AssignSimId=55;
You can do it like this:
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 101) AS [MM/DD/YYYY]
For more information look this:
date-format
Use the convert method to format a datetime value. Example:
select convert(varchar(20), D30.SPGD30_LAST_TOUCH_Y, 101)
The third parameter determines the format. You can find the available formats in the cast and convert documentation.
Use this
Select (Convert(Varchar,GetDate(),101))+' '+(Right(('0'+(LTrim((Left((Right((Convert(Varchar,GetDate(),100)),7)),5))))),5))+' '+(Right((Convert(Varchar,GetDate(),100)),2))
I realize this is a 8 year old question but it was answered in many ways and none are simple enough. This is what I found to be simple and matches just about what the user is asking for (year is two digits, and seconds are present), assuming that the date he is getting is from GETDATE(), not that it matters but that is where my answer comes from.
SELECT CONVERT(varchar, D30.SPGD30_LAST_TOUCH_Y, 22) AS [DateTime]
12/16/20 10:19:18 AM