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CONVERT function syntax
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CONVERT(data_ type(<length>), expression, <style>)
The length option is only used on the following data types: nchar, char, varchar, nvarchar, varbinary, and binary.
SQL Server interprets two digit years as follows:
if the year is less than 49 then the year is considered to be 20XX
while anything 50 and over is considered 19XX.
12> SELECT
13> CAST('11/11/72' as smalldatetime) AS '11/11/72',
14> CAST('6/5/40' as smalldatetime) as '6/5/40'
15> GO
11/11/72 6/5/40
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1972-11-11 00:00:00 2040-06-05 00:00:00
(1 rows affected)
1> SELECT
2> CONVERT(varchar, getdate(), 1),
3> CONVERT(varchar, getdate(), 2),
4> CONVERT(varchar, getdate(), 3),
5> CONVERT(varchar, getdate(), 4),
6> CONVERT(varchar, getdate(), 5),
7> CONVERT(varchar, getdate(), 6)
8> GO
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10/21/07 07.10.21 21/10/07 21.10.07
21-10-07 21 Oct 07
(1 rows affected)
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