How to convert a “dd/mm/yyyy” string to datetime in SQL Server?

Question

I tried this

SELECT convert(datetime, \'23/07/2009\', 111)

but got this error

The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime

Answer 1

The last argument of CONVERT seems to determine the format used for parsing. Consult MSDN docs for CONVERT.

111 - the one you are using is Japan yy/mm/dd.

I guess the one you are looking for is 103, that is dd/mm/yyyy.

So you should try:

 SELECT convert(datetime, '23/07/2009', 103)