how to give date format..?

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declare @fromdate varchar(50)
declare @todate varchar(50)  
set @fromdate='2015/09/01'
set @todate='2015/09/30'
exec(@fromdate)
exec(@todate)

am getting error for this kindly tell me the solution..

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near '2015'.
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near '2015'.

Posted 12-Oct-15 23:45pm

Member 11337367

Updated 12-Oct-15 23:54pm

Magic Wonder

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Maciej Los 13-Oct-15 10:54am

What? Date is a date, not string!

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Solution 1

Hi,

Check this...

SQL

declare @fromdate varchar(50)
declare @todate varchar(50)
set @fromdate='2015/09/01'
set @todate='2015/09/30'

SELECT @fromdate
SELECT @todate

Hope this will help you.

Cheers

Posted 12-Oct-15 23:53pm

Magic Wonder

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Maciej Los 13-Oct-15 10:59am

Wrong approach! Please, see my answer.

Magic Wonder 14-Oct-15 1:59am

I just removed the error. On first see, i found use of exec() is wrong. so just improved that.

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-13T04:59:00

Please, read my comment to the question.

Date is a date and nothing else!

If you want to add date, use proper variable type:

SQL

DECLARE @fromdate DATE = '2015/10/01'

If MS SQL Server can't recognize such of format, use: SET DATEFORMAT[^] command.

SQL

SET DATEFORMAT ymd;
DECLARE @fromdate DATE = '2015/10/01'

For further information, please see:
CAST and CONVERT (Transact-SQL)[^]
Date and Time Data Types and Functions (Transact-SQL)[^]