How to create a Date in SQL Server given the Day, Month and Year as Integers

Question

FOR Example if I have:

DECLARE @Day int = 25
DECLARE @Month int  = 10 
DECLARE @Year int = 2016

I want to return

2016-10-2         


        

Answer 1

In SQL Server 2012+, you can use datefromparts():

select datefromparts(@year, @month, @day)

In earlier versions, you can cast a string. Here is one method:

select cast(cast(@year*10000 + @month*100 + @day as varchar(255)) as date)