Changing dates from this format "MM/DD/YY" to "MM/DD/YYYY"

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I am fairly new into programming. I have a column in a table that has the birth-date in the following format --"MM/DD/YY". I ran the following select statement on that table

select * from TABLE.NAME where ID = '999999999' and birthdate = '13-JAN-46';

Because of the year being 2 digit it would be hard to tell if the '46' is 1946 or 2046

I am trying to figure out if there is a way I could select from that table and have the birthdate in the following format: "MM/DD/YYYY"

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mayo

Posted 22-Sep-14 11:06am

MayFad

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 22-Sep-14 17:13pm

You missed something! SQL stores date/time in binary format! Unless you made a huge mistake and store date/time as string!!!

RedDk 22-Sep-14 17:30pm

Look up all your questions with TSQL in BOL for whatever SQL Server you've got installed. BOL: "Books On Line". Not only is this volume riddled with example code, like a jar of olives, pimentoes, but using it from the ssmse interface can be accomplished by highlighting statements and hitting F1. DATEPART, DATETIME, DATEDIFF, are all good starting points ...

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 22-Sep-14 18:49pm

If you store time, use not string, but time data types, such as DATE.
—SA

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RossMW · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-22T13:41:00

Solution 1

Assuming the date is stored as a date field then you can display it in the format you want by using

select Convert(varchar(10),[BirthDate],101 ) as BirthDate FROM ....

101 is the Date Codes for MM/DD/YYYY

Refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-nz/library/ms187928.aspx[^] for all date codes.

Posted 22-Sep-14 13:41pm

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MayFad 23-Sep-14 8:45am

Thanks so much for your help. That worked.