将varchar转换为日期103时出现SQL格式问题

Question

I have a date field I pull in from excel as a varchar type and I currently convert it using this line:

convert(date,[Appt Date],103) as [Appt date]

this works but the result is a date in the following format:

YYYY/MM/DD

According to other sites the 103 format at the end of the line should convert this varchar to UK formatting ( DD/MM/YYYY ).

Can anyone advise why this is not happening?

Answer 1

By default, MSSQL server store dates in YYYY/MM/DD . You can only change the language on the whole server, not individual databases.

set language 'british english'

run this first before inserting.

or another alternative is to use SET DATEFORMAT ( from MSDN )

declare @dates table (orig varchar(50) ,parsed datetime)

SET DATEFORMAT ydm;

insert into @dates
select '2008-09-01','2008-09-01'

SET DATEFORMAT ymd;
insert into @dates
select '2008-09-01','2008-09-01'

select * from @dates

It should be VARCHAR not DATE

 
 
 
  
  SELECT convert(VARCHAR(20),[Appt Date],103) as [Appt date]