SQL Server CONVERT() Function

Definition and Usage

The CONVERT() function is a general function
for converting data into a new data type.
The CONVERT() function can be used to display
date/time data in different formats.
Syntax
CONVERT(data_type(length),data_to_be_conve
rted,style)

Where data_type(length) specifies the target

data type (with an optional length),
data_to_be_converted contains the value to be
converted, and style specifies the output format
for the date/time.
The styles that can be used are:

Style Style Format

ID

100 or 0 mon dd yyyy hh:miAM (or PM)

101 mm/dd/yy
102 yy.mm.dd

103 dd/mm/yy

104 dd.mm.yy

105 dd-mm-yy

106 dd mon yy

107 Mon dd, yy

108 hh:mm:ss

109 or 9 mon dd yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM (or

PM)

110 mm-dd-yy

111 yy/mm/dd

112 yymmdd

113 or dd mon yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmm(24h)

13

114 hh:mi:ss:mmm(24h)

120 or yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss(24h)

20
121 or yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss.mmm(24h)
21

126 yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.mmm(no
spaces)

130 dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM

131 dd/mm/yy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM

CONVERT(VARCHAR(19),GETDATE())
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),GETDATE(),110)
CONVERT(VARCHAR(11),GETDATE(),106)
CONVERT(VARCHAR(24),GETDATE(),113)

The result would look something like this:

Nov 04 2008 11:45 PM

11-04-2008
04 Nov 08
04 Nov 2008 11:45:34:243
Declare @date date
select @date = CONVERT(date,
CAST('20010101' AS CHAR(12)),
112)
select @date