How do I change the date format in SQL Server Management Studio?
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You can change the default date format per user by selecting the default language for that user in SQL Management Studio > Security > Logins > {user properties} > Default language.
Similarly, how do I change the date format in SQL Server?
How to get different SQL Server date formats
- Use the date format option along with CONVERT function.
- To get YYYY-MM-DD use SELECT CONVERT(varchar, getdate(), 23)
- To get MM/DD/YYYY use SELECT CONVERT(varchar, getdate(), 1)
- Check out the chart to get a list of all format options.
Secondly, how do I change the format of a time in SQL query?
How to format SQL Server dates with FORMAT function
- Use the FORMAT function to format the date and time.
- To get DD/MM/YYYY use SELECT FORMAT (getdate(), 'dd/MM/yyyy ') as date.
- To get MM-DD-YY use SELECT FORMAT (getdate(), 'MM-dd-yy') as date.
- Check out more examples below.
3 Answers. There is too much precision in the varchar to be converted into datetime. DATETIME only allows three places of millisecond precision. You'll either need to trim the trailing places beyond the first three milliseconds or if you're using any version of SQL Server 2008 or later you can use DATETIME2.