how to convert date to a format `mm/dd/yyyy`

Question

I\'m having a sql table with date column named CREATED_TS which holds the dates in different format eg. as shown below

Feb 20 2012          


        

Answer 1

Are you looking for something like this?

SELECT CASE WHEN LEFT(created_ts, 1) LIKE '[0-9]' 
            THEN CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), CONVERT(datetime, created_ts,   1), 101)
            ELSE CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), CONVERT(datetime, created_ts, 109), 101)
      END created_ts
  FROM table1

Output:

| CREATED_TS |
|------------|
| 02/20/2012 |
| 11/29/2012 |
| 02/20/2012 |
| 11/29/2012 |
| 02/20/2012 |
| 11/29/2012 |
| 11/16/2011 |
| 02/20/2012 |
| 11/29/2012 |

Here is SQLFiddle demo

Answer 2

Use CONVERT with the Value specifier of 101, whilst casting your data to date:

CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), CAST(Created_TS AS DATE), 101)

Answer 3

Use:

select convert(nvarchar(10), CREATED_TS, 101)

or

select format(cast(CREATED_TS as date), 'MM/dd/yyyy') -- MySQL 3.23 and above

Answer 4

As your data already in varchar, you have to convert it into date first:

select convert(varchar(10), cast(ts as date), 101) from <your table>