Return date as ddmmyyyy in SQL Server

Question

I need the date as ddmmyyyy without any spacers.

How can I do this?

I can get yyyymmdd using CONVERT(VARCHAR, [MyDateTime],

Answer 1

Try following query to format datetime in sql server

FORMAT (frr.valid_from , 'dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss')

Answer 2

Just for the record, since SQL 2012 you can use FORMAT, as simple as:

SELECT FORMAT(GETDATE(), 'ddMMyyyy')

(op question is specific about SQL 2008)