One of the most frequently asked questions in SQL Server forums is how to format a datetime value or column into a specific date format. Here's a summary of the different date formats that come standard in SQL
Unseparated list of formats [yy]yyMMdd yyyy[MMdd] The date data can be specified with four, six, or eight digits. A six-digit or eight-digit string is always interpreted as ymd. The month and day must always be two digits. A four-digit string is interpreted as the year. ODBC date ...
Unseparated list of formats [yy]yyMMdd yyyy[MMdd] Thedatedata can be specified with four, six, or eight digits. A six-digit or eight-digit string is always interpreted asymd. The month and day must always be two digits. A four-digit string is interpreted as the year. ...
Date and Time Conversions Using SQL Server, we have a list of the available examples on how to use the CONVERT function to handle different date formats. As you may notice, this function is not very flexible and we have limited date formats. In SQL Server 2012 and future...
SELECT id, firstName AS "info.name", lastName AS "info.surname", age, dateOfBirth AS dob FROM People FOR JSON PATH; The FOR JSON clause formats SQL results as JSON text that can be provided to any app that understands JSON. The PATH option uses dot-separated aliases in the SELECT ...
SELECT <list> WHEREIn SQL Server, DATENAME implicitly casts string literals as a datetime2 type. In other words, DATENAME does not support the format YDM when the date is passed as a string. You must explicitly cast the string to a datetime or smalldatetime type to use the YDM format.Exam...
For the most up-to-date list of missing flags for backward compatibility, visit the Prioritize implementation of back-compat flags GitHub discussion. In earlier versions of sqlcmd (Go), the -P switch was temporarily removed, and passwords for SQL Server Authentication could only be provided ...
Microsoft Access queries must be converted into one of the following SQL Server formats: Stored procedures Stored procedures are optimized and precompiled Transact-SQL statements that are stored as one unit. Stored procedures can be called from other programs, call other stored procedures themselves, ...
Import/export of industry-standard spatial data formats Yes Yes Yes YesUnsupported features and servicesThe following features and services aren't available for SQL Server 2022 (16.x) on Linux. The support of these features will be increasingly enabled over time.Išp...
SQL Server Express can be seamlessly upgraded to other higher end versions of SQL Server. SQL Server Express LocalDB is a lightweight version of Express edition that has all of its programmability features, runs in user mode and has a fast, zero-configuration installation and a short list of...