How to get 3 letter abbreviation for month in SQL

Question

How to get month in 3 letters in SQL.

In SQL Table data is inserted:

2016-01-07 09:38:58.310

I need only month result in 3 letters

Answer 1

Try this (I am assuming you are using Sql Server).

Select Convert(char(3), GetDate(), 0)

If you need full name of month, try

Select Datename(month, GetDate())

Answer 2

Assuming you're using SQL Server 2012 or newer, you can use the FORMAT function:

SELECT FORMAT([Date], 'MMM', 'en-US')

Adapt the locale as needed.

Since you're on SQL Server 2008, I'd use

SELECT LEFT(DATENAME(MONTH, [Date]), 3)

Answer 3

Or you could just do:

LEFT(GETDATE(), 3)

For instance you could declare a variable:

Declare @MONTH VARCHAR(3)

Set @MONTH = LEFT(GETDATE(), 3)