This is really just for me. I keep running into weird date formatting issues, so, I thought I would bookmark this one with Blogger for later reference. Anubhav Goyal posted the following:
How to format datetime & date in Sql Server 2005
Now, this was for 2005, but, honestly, I dont think anything has changed for 2008 (and doubt anything will for 2012). Here is the reference (again not mine):
 Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL date and datetime formats  Date time formats  mssql datetime  MSSQL getdate returns current system date and time in standard internal format SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 100)  mon dd yyyy hh:mmAM (or PM)  Oct 2 2008 11:01AM SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 101)  mm/dd/yyyy - 10/02/2008 SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 102)  yyyy.mm.dd  2008.10.02 SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 103)  dd/mm/yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 104)  dd.mm.yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 105)  dd-mm-yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 106)  dd mon yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 107)  mon dd, yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 108)  hh:mm:ss SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 109)  mon dd yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmmAM (or PM)  Oct 2 2008 11:02:44:013AM SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 110)  mm-dd-yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 111)  yyyy/mm/dd SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 112)  yyyymmdd SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 113)  dd mon yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmm  02 Oct 2008 11:02:07:577 SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 114)  hh:mm:ss:mmm(24h) SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 120)  yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss(24h) SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 121)  yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.mmm SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 126)  yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.mmm  2008-10-02T10:52:47.513  SQL create different date styles with t-sql string functions SELECT replace(convert(varchar, getdate(), 111), /,  )  yyyy mm dd SELECT convert(varchar(7), getdate(), 126)  yyyy-mm SELECT right(convert(varchar, getdate(), 106), 8)  mon yyyy   SQL Server date formatting function  convert datetime to string   SQL datetime functions  SQL Server date formats  T-SQL convert dates  Formatting dates sql server CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fnFormatDate (@Datetime DATETIME, @FormatMask VARCHAR(32)) RETURNS VARCHAR(32) AS BEGIN DECLARE @StringDate VARCHAR(32) SET @StringDate = @FormatMask IF (CHARINDEX (YYYY,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, YYYY, DATENAME(YY, @Datetime)) IF (CHARINDEX (YY,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, YY, RIGHT(DATENAME(YY, @Datetime),2)) IF (CHARINDEX (Month,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, Month, DATENAME(MM, @Datetime)) IF (CHARINDEX (MON,@StringDate COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS)>0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, MON, LEFT(UPPER(DATENAME(MM, @Datetime)),3)) IF (CHARINDEX (Mon,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, Mon, LEFT(DATENAME(MM, @Datetime),3)) IF (CHARINDEX (MM,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, MM, RIGHT(0?+CONVERT(VARCHAR,DATEPART(MM, @Datetime)),2)) IF (CHARINDEX (M,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, M, CONVERT(VARCHAR,DATEPART(MM, @Datetime))) IF (CHARINDEX (DD,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, DD, RIGHT(0?+DATENAME(DD, @Datetime),2)) IF (CHARINDEX (D,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, D, DATENAME(DD, @Datetime)) RETURN @StringDate END GO
 Microsoft SQL Server date format function test  MSSQL formatting dates SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), MM/DD/YYYY)  01/03/2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), DD/MM/YYYY)  03/01/2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), M/DD/YYYY)  1/03/2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), M/D/YYYY)  1/3/2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), M/D/YY)  1/3/12 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), MM/DD/YY)  01/03/12 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), MON DD, YYYY)  JAN 03, 2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), Mon DD, YYYY)  Jan 03, 2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), Month DD, YYYY)  January 03, 2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), YYYY/MM/DD)  2012/01/03 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), YYYYMMDD)  20120103 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), YYYY-MM-DD)  2012-01-03  CURRENT_TIMESTAMP returns current system date and time in standard internal format SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,YY.MM.DD)  12.01.03 GO 
/***** SELECTED SQL DATE/DATETIME FORMATS WITH NAMES *****/
 SQL format datetime  Default format: Oct 23 2006 10:40AM SELECT [Default]=CONVERT(varchar,GETDATE(),100)
 SQL Server datetime formats  Century date format MM/DD/YYYY usage in a query  Format dates SQL Server 2005 SELECT TOP (1) SalesOrderID, OrderDate = CONVERT(char(10), OrderDate, 101), OrderDateTime = OrderDate FROM AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderHeader /* Result
 SQL update datetime column  SQL datetime DATEADD UPDATE Production.Product SET ModifiedDate=DATEADD(dd,1, ModifiedDate) WHERE ProductID = 1001
 MM/DD/YY date format  Datetime format sql SELECT TOP (1) SalesOrderID, OrderDate = CONVERT(varchar(8), OrderDate, 1), OrderDateTime = OrderDate FROM AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderHeader ORDER BY SalesOrderID desc /* Result
 Combining different style formats for date & time  Datetime formats  Datetime formats sql DECLARE @Date DATETIME SET @Date = 2015-12-22 03:51 PM SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(10),@Date,110) + SUBSTRING(CONVERT(varchar,@Date,0),12,8)  Result: 12-22-2015 3:51PM
 Microsoft SQL Server cast datetime to string SELECT stringDateTime=CAST (getdate() as varchar)  Result: Dec 29 2012 3:47AM   SQL Server date and time functions overview   SQL Server CURRENT_TIMESTAMP function  SQL Server datetime functions  local NYC  EST  Eastern Standard Time zone  SQL DATEADD function  SQL DATEDIFF function SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP  2012-01-05 07:02:10.577  SQL Server DATEADD function SELECT DATEADD(month,2,2012-12-09?)  2013-02-09 00:00:00.000  SQL Server DATEDIFF function SELECT DATEDIFF(day,2012-12-09?,2013-02-09?)  62  SQL Server DATENAME function SELECT DATENAME(month, 2012-12-09?)  December SELECT DATENAME(weekday, 2012-12-09?)  Sunday  SQL Server DATEPART function SELECT DATEPART(month, 2012-12-09?)  12  SQL Server DAY function SELECT DAY(2012-12-09?)  9  SQL Server GETDATE function  local NYC  EST  Eastern Standard Time zone SELECT GETDATE()  2012-01-05 07:02:10.577  SQL Server GETUTCDATE function  London  Greenwich Mean Time SELECT GETUTCDATE()  2012-01-05 12:02:10.577  SQL Server MONTH function SELECT MONTH(2012-12-09?)  12  SQL Server YEAR function SELECT YEAR(2012-12-09?)  2012
  T-SQL Date and time function application  CURRENT_TIMESTAMP and getdate() are the same in T-SQL   SQL first day of the month  SQL first date of the month  SQL first day of current month  2012-01-01 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(dd,0,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP),0))  SQL last day of the month  SQL last date of the month  SQL last day of current month  2012-01-31 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(dd,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)+1,0))  SQL first day of last month  SQL first day of previous month  2011-12-01 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(mm,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP),0))  SQL last day of last month  SQL last day of previous month  2011-12-31 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(dd,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,DATEADD(MM,-1,GETDATE()))+1,0))  SQL first day of next month  2012-02-01 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(mm,1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP),0))  SQL last day of next month  2012-02-28 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(dd,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,DATEADD(MM,1,GETDATE()))+1,0)) GO  SQL first day of a month  2012-10-01 00:00:00.000 DECLARE @Date datetime; SET @Date = 2012-10-23? SELECT DATEADD(dd,0,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,@Date),0)) GO  SQL last day of a month  2012-03-31 00:00:00.000 DECLARE @Date datetime; SET @Date = 2012-03-15? SELECT DATEADD(dd,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,@Date)+1,0)) GO  SQL first day of year  SQL first day of the year - 2012-01-01 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(yy, DATEDIFF(yy,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP), 0)  SQL last day of year  SQL last day of the year  2012-12-31 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(yy,1, DATEADD(dd, -1, DATEADD(yy, DATEDIFF(yy,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP), 0)))  SQL last day of last year  SQL last day of previous year  2011-12-31 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(dd,-1,DATEADD(yy,DATEDIFF(yy,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP), 0)) GO  SQL calculate age in years, months, days  SQL table-valued function  SQL user-defined function  UDF  SQL Server age calculation  date difference  Format dates SQL Server 2008 USE AdventureWorks2008; GO CREATE FUNCTION fnAge (@BirthDate DATETIME) RETURNS @Age TABLE(Years INT, Months INT, Days INT) AS BEGIN DECLARE @EndDate DATETIME, @Anniversary DATETIME SET @EndDate = Getdate() SET @Anniversary = Dateadd(yy,Datediff(yy,@BirthDate,@EndDate),@BirthDate)
INSERT @Age SELECT Datediff(yy,@BirthDate,@EndDate) - (CASE WHEN @Anniversary > @EndDate THEN 1 ELSE 0 END), 0, 0 UPDATE @Age SET Months = Month(@EndDate - @Anniversary) - 1 UPDATE @Age SET Days = Day(@EndDate - @Anniversary) - 1 RETURN END GO
 Test table-valued UDF SELECT * FROM fnAge(1956-10-23?) SELECT * FROM dbo.fnAge(1956-10-23?) /* Results Years Months Days 52 4 1 */
-  SQL date range between -  SQL between dates USE AdventureWorks;  SQL between SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE OrderDate BETWEEN 20040301? AND 20040315?  Result: 108
 BETWEEN operator is equivalent to >= AND .<= SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE OrderDate BETWEEN 2004-03-01 00:00:00.000? AND 2004-03-15 00:00:00.000? /* Orders with OrderDates 2004-03-15 00:00:01.000?  1 second after midnight (12:00AM) 2004-03-15 00:01:00.000?  1 minute after midnight 2004-03-15 01:00:00.000?  1 hour after midnight are not included in the two queries above. */  To include the entire day of 2004-03-15 use the following two solutions SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE OrderDate >= 20040301? AND OrderDate < 20040316?  SQL between with DATE type (SQL Server 2008) SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE CONVERT(DATE, OrderDate) BETWEEN 20040301? AND 20040315? -  Non-standard format conversion: 2011 December 14  SQL datetime to string SELECT [YYYY Month DD] = CAST(YEAR(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR(4))+  + DATENAME(MM, GETDATE()) +   + CAST(DAY(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR(2))  Converting datetime to YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format: 20121214172638 SELECT replace(convert(varchar, getdate(),111),/,) + replace(convert(varchar, getdate(),108),:,)  Datetime custom format conversion to YYYY_MM_DD select CurrentDate=rtrim(year(getdate())) + _ + right(0? + rtrim(month(getdate())),2) + _ + right(0? + rtrim(day(getdate())),2)  Converting seconds to HH:MM:SS format declare @Seconds int set @Seconds = 10000 select TimeSpan=right(0? +rtrim(@Seconds / 3600),2) + : + right(0? + rtrim((@Seconds % 3600) / 60),2) + : + right(0? + rtrim(@Seconds % 60),2)  Result: 02:46:40  Test result select 2*3600 + 46*60 + 40  Result: 10000  Set the time portion of a datetime value to 00:00:00.000  SQL strip time from date  SQL strip time from datetime SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ,DATEADD(dd, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP), 0)  Results: 2014-01-23 05:35:52.793 2014-01-23 00:00:00.000 /******* VALID DATE RANGES FOR DATE/DATETIME DATA TYPES SMALLDATETIME date range: January 1, 1900 through June 6, 2079 DATETIME date range: January 1, 1753 through December 31, 9999 DATETIME2 date range (SQL Server 2008): January 1,1 AD through December 31, 9999 AD DATE date range (SQL Server 2008): January 1, 1 AD through December 31, 9999 AD *******/  Selecting with CONVERT into different styles  Note: Only Japan & ISO styles can be used in ORDER BY SELECT TOP(1) Italy = CONVERT(varchar, OrderDate, 105) , USA = CONVERT(varchar, OrderDate, 110) , Japan = CONVERT(varchar, OrderDate, 111) , ISO = CONVERT(varchar, OrderDate, 112) FROM AdventureWorks.Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader ORDER BY PurchaseOrderID DESC /* Results Italy USA Japan ISO 25-07-2004 07-25-2004 2004/07/25 20040725 */  SQL Server convert date to integer DECLARE @Datetime datetime SET @Datetime = 2012-10-23 10:21:05.345? SELECT DateAsInteger = CAST (CONVERT(varchar,@Datetime,112) as INT)  Result: 20121023  SQL Server convert integer to datetime DECLARE @intDate int SET @intDate = 20120315 SELECT IntegerToDatetime = CAST(CAST(@intDate as varchar) as datetime)  Result: 2012-03-15 00:00:00.000   SQL Server CONVERT script applying table INSERT/UPDATE   SQL Server convert date  Datetime column is converted into date only string column USE tempdb; GO CREATE TABLE sqlConvertDateTime ( DatetimeCol datetime, DateCol char(8)); INSERT sqlConvertDateTime (DatetimeCol) SELECT GETDATE() UPDATE sqlConvertDateTime SET DateCol = CONVERT(char(10), DatetimeCol, 112) SELECT * FROM sqlConvertDateTime  SQL Server convert datetime  The string date column is converted into datetime column UPDATE sqlConvertDateTime SET DatetimeCol = CONVERT(Datetime, DateCol, 112) SELECT * FROM sqlConvertDateTime  Adding a day to the converted datetime column with DATEADD UPDATE sqlConvertDateTime SET DatetimeCol = DATEADD(day, 1, CONVERT(Datetime, DateCol, 112)) SELECT * FROM sqlConvertDateTime  Equivalent formulation  SQL Server cast datetime UPDATE sqlConvertDateTime SET DatetimeCol = DATEADD(dd, 1, CAST(DateCol AS datetime)) SELECT * FROM sqlConvertDateTime GO DROP TABLE sqlConvertDateTime GO /* First results DatetimeCol DateCol 2014-12-25 16:04:15.373 20141225 */ /* Second results: DatetimeCol DateCol 2014-12-25 00:00:00.000 20141225 */ /* Third results: DatetimeCol DateCol 2014-12-26 00:00:00.000 20141225 */   SQL month sequence  SQL date sequence generation with table variable  SQL Server cast string to datetime  SQL Server cast datetime to string  SQL Server insert default values method DECLARE @Sequence table (Sequence int identity(1,1)) DECLARE @i int; SET @i = 0 DECLARE @StartDate datetime; SET @StartDate = CAST(CONVERT(varchar, year(getdate()))+ RIGHT(0?+convert(varchar,month(getdate())),2) + 01? AS DATETIME) WHILE ( @i < 120) BEGIN INSERT @Sequence DEFAULT VALUES SET @i = @i + 1 END SELECT MonthSequence = CAST(DATEADD(month, Sequence,@StartDate) AS varchar) FROM @Sequence GO /* Partial results: MonthSequence Jan 1 2012 12:00AM Feb 1 2012 12:00AM Mar 1 2012 12:00AM Apr 1 2012 12:00AM */    SQL Server Server datetime internal storage  SQL Server datetime formats   SQL Server datetime to hex SELECT Now=CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, HexNow=CAST(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS BINARY(8)) /* Results Now HexNow 2009-01-02 17:35:59.297 0x00009B850122092D */  SQL Server date part  left 4 bytes  Days since 1900-01-01 SELECT Now=DATEADD(DAY, CONVERT(INT, 0x00009B85), 19000101?) GO  Result: 2009-01-02 00:00:00.000  SQL time part  right 4 bytes  milliseconds since midnight  1000/300 is an adjustment factor  SQL dateadd to Midnight SELECT Now=DATEADD(MS, (1000.0/300)* CONVERT(BIGINT, 0x0122092D), 2009-01-02?) GO  Result: 2009-01-02 17:35:59.290    String date and datetime date&time columns usage  SQL Server datetime formats in tables  USE tempdb; SET NOCOUNT ON;  SQL Server select into table create SELECT TOP (5) FullName=convert(nvarchar(50),FirstName+ +LastName), BirthDate = CONVERT(char(8), BirthDate,112), ModifiedDate = getdate() INTO Employee FROM AdventureWorks.HumanResources.Employee e INNER JOIN AdventureWorks.Person.Contact c ON c.ContactID = e.ContactID ORDER BY EmployeeID GO  SQL Server alter table ALTER TABLE Employee ALTER COLUMN FullName nvarchar(50) NOT NULL GO ALTER TABLE Employee ADD CONSTRAINT [PK_Employee] PRIMARY KEY (FullName ) GO /* Results Table definition for the Employee table Note: BirthDate is string date (only) CREATE TABLE dbo.Employee( FullName nvarchar(50) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, BirthDate char(8) NULL, ModifiedDate datetime NOT NULL ) */ SELECT * FROM Employee ORDER BY FullName GO /* Results FullName BirthDate ModifiedDate Guy Gilbert 19720515 2009-01-03 10:10:19.217 Kevin Brown 19770603 2009-01-03 10:10:19.217 Rob Walters 19650123 2009-01-03 10:10:19.217 Roberto Tamburello 19641213 2009-01-03 10:10:19.217 Thierry DHers 19490829 2009-01-03 10:10:19.217 */  SQL Server age SELECT FullName, Age = DATEDIFF(YEAR, BirthDate, GETDATE()), RowMaintenanceDate = CAST (ModifiedDate AS varchar) FROM Employee ORDER BY FullName GO /* Results FullName Age RowMaintenanceDate Guy Gilbert 37 Jan 3 2009 10:10AM Kevin Brown 32 Jan 3 2009 10:10AM Rob Walters 44 Jan 3 2009 10:10AM Roberto Tamburello 45 Jan 3 2009 10:10AM Thierry DHers 60 Jan 3 2009 10:10AM */  SQL Server age of Rob Walters on specific dates  SQL Server string to datetime implicit conversion with DATEADD SELECT AGE50DATE = DATEADD(YY, 50, 19650123?) GO  Result: 2015-01-23 00:00:00.000  SQL Server datetime to string, Italian format for ModifiedDate  SQL Server string to datetime implicit conversion with DATEDIFF SELECT FullName, AgeDEC31 = DATEDIFF(YEAR, BirthDate, 20141231?), AgeJAN01 = DATEDIFF(YEAR, BirthDate, 20150101?), AgeJAN23 = DATEDIFF(YEAR, BirthDate, 20150123?), AgeJAN24 = DATEDIFF(YEAR, BirthDate, 20150124?), ModDate = CONVERT(varchar, ModifiedDate, 105) FROM Employee WHERE FullName = Rob Walters ORDER BY FullName GO /* Results Important Note: age increments on Jan 1 (not as commonly calculated) FullName AgeDEC31 AgeJAN01 AgeJAN23 AgeJAN24 ModDate Rob Walters 49 50 50 50 03-01-2009 */   SQL combine integer date & time into datetime   Datetime format sql  SQL stuff DECLARE @DateTimeAsINT TABLE ( ID int identity(1,1) primary key, DateAsINT int, TimeAsINT int )  NOTE: leading zeroes in time is for readability only! INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 235959) INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 010204) INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 002350) INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 000244) INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 000050) INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 000006) SELECT DateAsINT, TimeAsINT, CONVERT(datetime, CONVERT(varchar(8), DateAsINT) +  + STUFF(STUFF ( RIGHT(REPLICATE(0?, 6) + CONVERT(varchar(6), TimeAsINT), 6), 3, 0, :), 6, 0, :)) AS DateTimeValue FROM @DateTimeAsINT ORDER BY ID GO /* Results DateAsINT TimeAsINT DateTimeValue 20121023 235959 2012-10-23 23:59:59.000 20121023 10204 2012-10-23 01:02:04.000 20121023 2350 2012-10-23 00:23:50.000 20121023 244 2012-10-23 00:02:44.000 20121023 50 2012-10-23 00:00:50.000 20121023 6 2012-10-23 00:00:06.000 */   SQL Server string to datetime, implicit conversion with assignment UPDATE Employee SET ModifiedDate = 20150123? WHERE FullName = Rob Walters GO SELECT ModifiedDate FROM Employee WHERE FullName = Rob Walters GO  Result: 2015-01-23 00:00:00.000 /* SQL string date, assemble string date from datetime parts */  SQL Server cast string to datetime  sql convert string date  SQL Server number to varchar conversion  SQL Server leading zeroes for month and day  SQL Server right string function UPDATE Employee SET BirthDate = CONVERT(char(4),YEAR(CAST(1965-01-23? as DATETIME)))+ RIGHT(0?+CONVERT(varchar,MONTH(CAST(1965-01-23? as DATETIME))),2)+ RIGHT(0?+CONVERT(varchar,DAY(CAST(1965-01-23? as DATETIME))),2) WHERE FullName = Rob Walters GO SELECT BirthDate FROM Employee WHERE FullName = Rob Walters GO  Result: 19650123  Perform cleanup action DROP TABLE Employee  SQL nocount SET NOCOUNT OFF; GO    sql isdate function  USE tempdb;  sql newid  random sort SELECT top(3) SalesOrderID, stringOrderDate = CAST (OrderDate AS varchar) INTO DateValidation FROM AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderHeader ORDER BY NEWID() GO SELECT * FROM DateValidation /* Results SalesOrderID stringOrderDate 56720 Oct 26 2003 12:00AM 73737 Jun 25 2004 12:00AM 70573 May 14 2004 12:00AM */  SQL update with top UPDATE TOP(1) DateValidation SET stringOrderDate = Apb 29 2004 12:00AM GO  SQL string to datetime fails without validation SELECT SalesOrderID, OrderDate = CAST (stringOrderDate as datetime) FROM DateValidation GO /* Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value. */  sql isdate  filter for valid dates SELECT SalesOrderID, OrderDate = CAST (stringOrderDate as datetime) FROM DateValidation WHERE ISDATE(stringOrderDate) = 1 GO /* Results SalesOrderID OrderDate 73737 2004-06-25 00:00:00.000 70573 2004-05-14 00:00:00.000 */  SQL drop table DROP TABLE DateValidation Go   SELECT between two specified dates  assumption TIME part is 00:00:00.000   SQL datetime between  SQL select between two dates SELECT EmployeeID, RateChangeDate FROM AdventureWorks.HumanResources.EmployeePayHistory WHERE RateChangeDate >= 1997-11-01? AND RateChangeDate < DATEADD(dd,1,1998-01-05?) GO /* Results EmployeeID RateChangeDate 3 1997-12-12 00:00:00.000 4 1998-01-05 00:00:00.000 */ /* Equivalent to  SQL datetime range SELECT EmployeeID, RateChangeDate FROM AdventureWorks.HumanResources.EmployeePayHistory WHERE RateChangeDate >= 1997-11-01 00:00:00? AND RateChangeDate < 1998-01-06 00:00:00? GO */   SQL datetime language setting  SQL Nondeterministic function usage  result varies with language settings SET LANGUAGE us_english;  Jan 12 2015 12:00AM SELECT US = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,01/12/2015?)); SET LANGUAGE British;  Dec 1 2015 12:00AM SELECT UK = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,01/12/2015?)); SET LANGUAGE German;  Dez 1 2015 12:00AM SET LANGUAGE Deutsch;  Dez 1 2015 12:00AM SELECT Germany = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,01/12/2015?)); SET LANGUAGE French;  déc 1 2015 12:00AM SELECT France = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,01/12/2015?)); SET LANGUAGE Spanish;  Dic 1 2015 12:00AM SELECT Spain = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,01/12/2015?)); SET LANGUAGE Hungarian;  jan 12 2015 12:00AM SELECT Hungary = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,01/12/2015?)); SET LANGUAGE us_english; GO    Function for Monday dates calculation  USE AdventureWorks2008; GO  SQL user-defined function  SQL scalar function  UDF CREATE FUNCTION fnMondayDate (@Year INT, @Month INT, @MondayOrdinal INT) RETURNS DATETIME AS BEGIN DECLARE @FirstDayOfMonth CHAR(10), @SeedDate CHAR(10) SET @FirstDayOfMonth = convert(VARCHAR,@Year) + - + convert(VARCHAR,@Month) + -01? SET @SeedDate = 1900-01-01? RETURN DATEADD(DD,DATEDIFF(DD,@SeedDate,DATEADD(DD,(@MondayOrdinal * 7) - 1, @FirstDayOfMonth)) / 7 * 7, @SeedDate) END GO  Test Datetime UDF  Third Monday in Feb, 2015 SELECT dbo.fnMondayDate(2016,2,3)  2015-02-16 00:00:00.000  First Monday of current month SELECT dbo.fnMondayDate(Year(getdate()),Month(getdate()),1)  2009-02-02 00:00:00.000
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