Date serial in SQL?

Question

How can I convert a day [1-31] and a month [1-12] and a year (all int), to a date serial IN SQL (without converting to varchar)?

Answer 1

A few functions have been added in SQL Server 2012 which will allow you to do this with DATEFROMPARTS, DATETIMEFROMPARTS and TIMEFROMPARTS amongst others.

Example:

SELECT DATEFROMPARTS(2018,2,1) -- returns 2018-02-01