Get month and year from a datetime in SQL Server 2005

Question

I need the month+year from the datetime in SQL Server like \'Jan 2008\'. I\'m grouping the query by month, year. I\'ve searched and found functions like datepart, convert, e

Answer 1

It's work great.

DECLARE @pYear VARCHAR(4)

DECLARE @pMonth VARCHAR(2)

DECLARE @pDay VARCHAR(2)

SET @pYear  = RIGHT(CONVERT(CHAR(10), GETDATE(), 101), 4)

SET @pMonth = LEFT(CONVERT(CHAR(10), GETDATE(), 101), 2)

SET @pDay   = SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(10), GETDATE(), 101), 4,2)

SELECT @pYear,@pMonth,@pDay