How to get dd format from mm/dd/yyyy format

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Hi,

I need to convert the date eg.12/1/2014 into 1 in sql. Any suggestions please?

Posted 5-Feb-14 23:57pm

Updated 5-Feb-14 23:59pm

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Pete O'Hanlon 6-Feb-14 5:59am

What datatype is this value in SQL? Is it a Date or DateTime - or is it a string?

prabhatsp 6-Feb-14 6:00am

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Pete O'Hanlon · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-06T00:05:00

You need to convert the string into the correct format DATETIME and then you can retrieve the day:

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SELECT DAY(CONVERT(DATETIME, '12/1/2014', 101))

Posted 6-Feb-14 0:05am

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prabhatsp 6-Feb-14 6:07am

thank u a lot

Pete O'Hanlon 6-Feb-14 6:15am

You are welcome. I'm glad that I could help.