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SQL Server CONVERT() Function


SQL Dates SQL Server Date Functions

Definition and Usage

The CONVERT() function is a general function that converts an expression of one data type to another.

The CONVERT() function can be used to display date/time data in different formats.

Syntax

CONVERT(data_type(length),expression,style)

Value Description
data_type(length) Specifies the target data type (with an optional length)
expression Specifies the value to be converted
style Specifies the output format for the date/time (see table below)

The style value can be one of the following values:

Without century With century Input/Output Standard
-0 or 100mon dd yyyy hh:miAM (or PM)Default
11011 = mm/dd/yy
101 = mm/dd/yyyy
USA
21022 = yy.mm.dd
102 = yyyy.mm.dd
ANSI
31033 = dd/mm/yy
103 = dd/mm/yyyy
British/French
41044 = dd.mm.yy
104 = dd.mm.yyyy
German
51055 = dd-mm-yy
105 = dd-mm-yyyy
Italian
61066 = dd mon yy
106 = dd mon yyyy
-
71077 = Mon dd, yy
107 = Mon dd, yyyy
-
8108hh:mm:ss-
-9 or 109mon dd yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM (or PM)Default + millisec
1011010 = mm-dd-yy
110 = mm-dd-yyyy
USA
1111111 = yy/mm/dd
111 = yyyy/mm/dd
Japan
1211212 = yymmdd
112 = yyyymmdd
ISO
-13 or 113dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmm (24h) Europe default + millisec
14114hh:mi:ss:mmm (24h)-
-20 or 120yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss (24h)ODBC canonical
-21 or 121yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss.mmm (24h)ODBC canonical (with milliseconds) default for time, date, datetime2, and datetimeoffset
-126yyyy-mm-ddThh:mi:ss.mmm (no spaces)ISO8601
-127yyyy-mm-ddThh:mi:ss.mmmZ (no spaces)ISO8601 with time zone Z
-130dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmAMHijiri
-131dd/mm/yy hh:mi:ss:mmmAMHijiri

Example

The following script uses the CONVERT() function to display different formats. We will use the GETDATE() function to get the current date/time:

CONVERT(VARCHAR(19),GETDATE())
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),GETDATE(),10)
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),GETDATE(),110)
CONVERT(VARCHAR(11),GETDATE(),6)
CONVERT(VARCHAR(11),GETDATE(),106)
CONVERT(VARCHAR(24),GETDATE(),113)

The result would look something like this:

Nov 04 2014 11:45 PM
11-04-14
11-04-2014
04 Nov 14
04 Nov 2014
04 Nov 2014 11:45:34:243

SQL Dates SQL Server Date Functions