Show empty string when date field is 1/1/1900

Question

I\'m querying a database like so:

SELECT DISTINCT 
CASE WHEN CreatedDate = \'1900-01-01 00:00:00.000\' THEN \'\' ELSE CreatedDate END AS CreatedDate
FROM Lit         


        

Answer 1

If you CAST your data as a VARCHAR() instead of explicitly CONVERTing your data you can simply

SELECT REPLACE(CAST(CreatedDate AS VARCHAR(20)),'Jan  1 1900 12:00AM','')

The CAST will automatically return your Date then as Jun 18 2020 12:46PM fix length strings formats which you can additionally SUBSTRING()

SELECT SUBSTRING(REPLACE(CAST(CreatedDate  AS VARCHAR(20)),'Jan  1 1900 12:00AM',''),1,11)

Output

Jun 18 2020