I'm trying to set a date with value or min value to a VarChar column, but I always get the date format as Jan 1, 2013 instead of the default SQL Server date as "date".
I don't think its possible without engaging in some manic overuse of SUBSTRING etc to get the format '2013-01-07 08:26:00.000' in a varchar field. My personal preference when trying to get the date into a varchar is to use the CONVERT function:
e.g. CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),GETDATE(),112) - this will give the output '20130107'.
Its the third value (the 112) which determines the format of the date. You can have a play around with different values here to get different formats covering the date and time. Without looking it up I think the values run from about 100 to about 115. If you do choose to experiment with these values, don't forget to change the varchar value from 8 characters to something like 20 as most of the others will require more characters.
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Why does the formation matter when you use SQL? If you want to show dates in formatted way in a front end application, use format function there. If you do not have an option, you can also make use of FORMAT function introduced in version 2012
Date Format to VarChar Column
Posted - 01/06/2013 : 21:39:08
