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T-SQL Equivalent of VBScript's FormatDateTime Function

Looking for the T-SQL (somewhat) equivalent to VBScript's FormatDateTime function? I've been too, for years. I finally found it within the CONVERT() function. As stated in SQL Server Books Online:

In CONVERT ( data_type [ ( length ) ] , expression [ , style ] ), style is the style of the date format used to convert datetime or smalldatetime data to character data (nchar, nvarchar, char, varchar, nchar, or nvarchar data types); or the string format used to convert float, real, money, or smallmoney data to character data (nchar, nvarchar, char, varchar, nchar, or nvarchar data types). When style is NULL, the result returned is also NULL.

Manuj Bahl wrote a nice article covering date and time manipulation in SQL Server 2000 and it in, he summarized BOL's table that lists the different style types. It went something like this:

Style ID	Style Type
0 or 100	mon dd yyyy hh:miam (or pm)
101	mm/dd/yy
102	yy.mm.dd
103	dd/mm/yy
104	dd.mm.yy
105	dd-mm-yy
106	dd mon yy
107	mon dd, yy
108	hh:mm:ss
9 or 109	mon dd yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmam (or pm)
110	mm-dd-yy
111	yy/mm/dd
112	yymmdd
13 or 113	dd mon yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmm(24h)
114	hh:mi:ss:mmm(24h)
20 or 120	yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss(24h)
21 or 121	yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss.mmm(24h)
126	yyyy-mm-dd thh:mm:ss.mmm(no spaces)
130	dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmam
131	dd/mm/yy hh:mi:ss:mmmam

Try this out with GETDATE() by running the following statement:
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR,GETDATE(),7) AS currentdate

Your results should look something like this: Jul 03, 07 Nice! Have fun

Posted by: Chrissy Filed under: SQL Server, VBScript Leave a comment

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May 29th, 2008 - 19:31

not quite right, on those yyyy values – recommend you google on T-SQL CONVERT.

for example: style 11 is yy/mm/dd, and 111 is yyyy/mm/dd.

DATE FORMATS
Format # Query (current date: 12/30/2006) Sample
1 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 1) 12/30/06
2 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 2) 06.12.30
3 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 3) 30/12/06
4 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 4) 30.12.06
5 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 5) 30-12-06
6 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 6) 30 Dec 06
7 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 7) Dec 30, 06
10 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 10) 12-30-06
11 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 11) 06/12/30
101 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 101) 12/30/2006
102 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 102) 2006.12.30
103 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 103) 30/12/2006
104 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 104) 30.12.2006
105 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 105) 30-12-2006
106 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 106) 30 Dec 2006
107 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 107) Dec 30, 2006
110 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 110) 12-30-2006
111 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 111) 2006/12/30

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Martin
March 2nd, 2009 - 07:31

Thx a lot!

Been needing this for quite some time!

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