how to format in to dd/mm/yyyy ?

hi all,

i have table field name call

Start_date varchar(16)

when i select data from that filed values it gives me

Eg:

select Start_date from Customer

20011224 00:00:0
20011004 00:00:0

but i want to convert this data in to dd/mm/yyyy format ?

like ! 24/12/2001

04/10/2001

how do i do this task ?

regards

sujithf

create table #format (

start_Date_time varchar(16)

)

insert into #format values('20011224 00:00:0')

select convert(varchar(16), cast(start_date_time as datetime), 103) from #format

--103 is a British/French date format "dd/mm/yyyy"

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thanks very much.....

regards

sujithf

How to format a date field in select query

Is it possible to format the date field create_date (mm/dd/yyyy or mm/dd/yy)
I use the following query in stored proc. will be called in the asp.net page for population the datagrid.

select id, name, create_date from actionstable;

Please help, Thank you.You can use the SQL CONVERT() function, to convert the date to an nvarchar(), or better, format the date in the presentation layer, in the datagrid itself. In the DataFormatString of the DataGrid's column that will contain the date, use 0:d