Syntax

Using CONVERT:

CONVERT ( data_type [ ( length ) ] , expression [ , style ] )

Arguments

expression

Is any valid Microsoft® SQL Server™ expression. For more information, see Expressions.

data_type

Is the target system-supplied data type, including bigint and sql_variant. User-defined data types cannot be used. For more information about available data types, see Data Types.

length

Is an optional parameter of nchar, nvarchar, char, varchar, binary, or varbinary data types.

style

Is the style of date format used to convert datetime or smalldatetime data to character data (nchar, nvarchar, char, varchar, nchar, or nvarchar data types), or the string format when converting float, real, money, or smallmoney data to character data (nchar, nvarchar, char, varchar, nchar, or nvarchar data types).

Without century (yy)	With century (yyyy)	Standard	Input/Output**
–	0 or 100 (*)	Default	mon dd yyyy hh:miAM (or PM)
1	101	USA	mm/dd/yy
2	102	ANSI	yy.mm.dd
3	103	British/French	dd/mm/yy
4	104	German	dd.mm.yy
5	105	Italian	dd-mm-yy
6	106	–	dd mon yy
7	107	–	Mon dd, yy
8	108	–	hh:mm:ss
–	9 or 109 (*)	Default + milliseconds	mon dd yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM (or PM)
10	110	USA	mm-dd-yy
11	111	JAPAN	yy/mm/dd
12	112	ISO	yymmdd
–	13 or 113 (*)	Europe default + milliseconds	dd mon yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmm(24h)
14	114	–	hh:mi:ss:mmm(24h)
–	20 or 120 (*)	ODBC canonical	yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss(24h)
–	21 or 121 (*)	ODBC canonical (with milliseconds)	yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss.mmm(24h)
–	126(***)	ISO8601	yyyy-mm-dd Thh:mm:ss.mmm(no spaces)
–	130*	Hijri****	dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM
–	131*	Hijri****	dd/mm/yy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM

Example

select CONVERT(varchar, getdate(), 120 )
2004-09-12 11:06:08

select replace(replace(replace(CONVERT(varchar, getdate(), 120 ),’-‘,”),’ ‘,”),’:’,”)
20040912110608

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 111 )
2004/09/12

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 112 )
20040912

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 102 )
2004.09.12

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 101 )
09/12/2004

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 103 )
12/09/2004

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 104 )
12.09.2004

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 105 )
12-09-2004

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 106 )
12 09 2004

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 107 )
09 12, 2004

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 108 )
11:06:08

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 109 )
09 12 2004 1

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 110 )
09-12-2004

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 113 )
12 09 2004 1

select CONVERT(varchar(12) , getdate(), 114 )
11:06:08.177