How do I convert a string to a date type in SQL Server 2008 R2?
My string is formatted dd/mm/yyyy
I tried this
SELECT CAST('01/08/2014' AS DATE)
But that does the cast in mm/dd/yyyy format.
5 Answers
You need the convert function, where you can specify a format code:
select convert(datetime, '01/08/2014', 103)
The 103 means dd/mm/yyyy. See the docs.
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Dateformat.
SET DATEFORMAT DMY ;
SELECT cast('01/08/2014' as date) ;
Convert.
SELECT convert(date, '01/08/2014', 103 ) ;
And for completeness, SQL Server 2012 and later has the following.
SELECT parse('01/08/2014' as date using 'en-NZ' ) ;
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Blorgbeard
I just realised that the asker and both answerers of this question are kiwis. Ka pai!
TO_DATE function in oracle is used to convert any character to date format.
for example :
SELECT to_date ('2019/03/01', 'yyyy/mm/dd')
FROM dual;
CONVERT function in SQL SERVER is used to converts an expression from one datatype to another datatype.
for example:
SELECT CONVERT(datetime, '01/08/2014', 103) date_convert;
I hope this will help you.
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Alan Hoover
The OP is about SQL Server. Pointing out the Oracle function for that task does not answer their question
You have to use CAST before use FORMAT_DATE function. Please, see bellow.
SELECT FORMAT_DATE(CAST(yourcolumn AS date), 'MM/dd/yyyy') AS DateOfBirth
Hope it helps!
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You can convert string to date easily by SELECT CAST(YourDate AS DATE)
convert().