Is there any other way to get shorcut for Month in Sql(only 3 character)

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I want to get the month as

Jan 
Feb 
May

Only 3 characters.

--What i have tried :

SQL

select SUBSTRING(datename(month,getdate()),1,3)

Kindy suggest is there any other function/way which can solve the problem.

Posted 13-Nov-13 0:17am

anurag19289

Updated 13-Nov-13 0:30am

CHill60

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Ashish_Agrawal · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-13T00:25:00

Solution 1

How about this -

SQL

select left(datename(month, GetDATE()),3)

Posted 13-Nov-13 0:25am

Ashish_Agrawal

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anurag19289 13-Nov-13 7:01am

Super...

CHill60 · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-13T00:35:00

Solution 2

You could also use

SQL

CONVERT(VARCHAR(3),GETDATE())

as 'mmm dd yyyy hh:mi[AM|PM]' is the default format for date conversion, and VARCHAR(3) will just return the first 3 characters

Posted 13-Nov-13 0:35am

CHill60

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Thava Rajan 13-Nov-13 6:55am

SELECT CAST(GETDATE() AS VARCHAR(3))

also worked

CHill60 13-Nov-13 8:29am

Yes - and a little more elegant than my suggestion - a virtual 5!

anurag19289 13-Nov-13 7:02am

That is nice :)

Member 10393176 · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-13T00:44:00

Solution 3

You Should Also Use:

select convert(char(3), ColumnName, 0) as AliasName from tableName

Above "ColumnName" From Your Table And "AliasName" For Duplicate Name

Posted 13-Nov-13 0:44am

Member 10393176