Creating date in SQL Server 2008

Question

Is there something similar to DATEFROMPARTS(year, month, day) in SQL Server 2008? I want to create a date using the current year and month, but my own day of the mo

Answer 1

You could use something like this to make your own datetime:

DECLARE @year INT = 2012
DECLARE @month INT = 12
DECLARE @day INT = 25

SELECT CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR, @year) + '-' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, @month) + '-' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, @day)
 AS DATETIME)