Conversion Functions: These functions are used to convert one data type to another.
We have two conversion functions are CAST and CONVERT both provide similar
functionality.
CAST (): Convert to one data type to another type.
Syntax: CAST (Expression as data type [size])
Ex: Select CAST (10.2587 as Int) -------------10
CONVERT (): Convert function can be used to display date time data in different format.
Syntax: Convert (Data type [size], Expression, Style value)
Ex: Select Convert (Varchar (24), get date (), 113)
The table below represents the style values for date time or small date time conversion
to character data:
no Value Output Standard
- 0 or 100 mon dd yyyy hh:mi AM (or PM) Default
1 101 mm/dd/yy USA
2 102 yy.mm.dd ANSI
3 103 dd/mm/yy British/French
4 104 dd.mm.yy German
5 105 dd-mm-yy Italian
6 106 dd mon yy
7 107 Mon dd, yy
8 108 hh:mm:ss
- 9 or 109 mon dd yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM (or PM) Default+millisec
10 110 mm-dd-yy USA
11 111 yy/mm/dd Japan
12 112 Yymmdd ISO
- 13 or 113 dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmm (24h)
14 114 hh:mi:ss:mmm (24h)
- 20 or 120 yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss (24h)
- 21 or 121 yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss.mmm (24h)
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mi:ss.mmm (no
- 126 ISO8601
spaces)
- 130 dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM Hijiri
- 131 dd/mm/yy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM Hijiri
