sql server convert date to string MM/DD/YYYY

Question

I am using SQL Server 2008.

I have the following:

    select convert(varchar(20),fmdate) from Sery

How do I convert the date to str

Answer 1

As of SQL Server 2012+, you can use FORMAT(value, format [, culture ])

Where the format param takes any valid standard format string or custom formatting string

Example:

SELECT FORMAT(GETDATE(), 'MM/dd/yyyy')

Further Reading:

• How to convert DateTime to VarChar
• How to convert date to a format mm/dd/yyyy