Date format in SQL Server 2008 R2

Question

How to cast date for the following format in SQL Server 2008 R2:

Date:

'29-01-2008 AM 12:00:00'

I have above date to check with the present date of the table.

How can I check only date from the above format?

Answer 1

If you want only the date, then do:

 select convert(date, left('29-01-2008 AM 12:00:00', 10), 105)

This will convert it to a date and you can then compare it to `cast(getdate() as date).

The full list of formats for convert() is in the documentation .