Convert a SQL Server datetime to a shorter date format

Question

I have a datetime column in SQL Server that gives me data like this 10/27/2010 12:57:49 pm and I want to query this column but just have SQL Server ret

Answer 1

Have a look at CONVERT. The 3rd parameter is the date time style you want to convert to.

e.g.

SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 103) -- dd/MM/yyyy format