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June 30, 2010 at 12:46 AM
jazzygodfrey

how to convert/format date format in sql server

by jazzygodfrey . Updated 16 years ago

hi im using sql 2005, I have a varchar column with values in the date format as
21-09-1982 meaning 21-sep-1982
23-05-1981 ” 23-may-1981
25-12-1972 ” 25-dec-1972

I want to format them to read in the format 21-sep-1982 (dd-mmm-yyy)
but it seems my sql server reads them as mm-dd-yyyy when i try to use convert or cast
it says the conversion resulted in an out of range value.
How can i format my sql to read them as dd-mmm-yyyy?

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