DECLARE @day CHAR(2)
SET @day = DATEPART(DAY, GETDATE())
PRINT @day
If today was the 9th of December, the above would print "9".
I want to print "09". How do I go about doing this?
DECLARE @day CHAR(2)
SET @day = DATEPART(DAY, GETDATE())
PRINT @day
If today was the 9th of December, the above would print "9".
I want to print "09". How do I go about doing this?
Pad it with 00 and take the right 2:
DECLARE @day CHAR(2)
SET @day = RIGHT('00' + CONVERT(NVARCHAR(2), DATEPART(DAY, GETDATE())), 2)
print @day
Use SQL Server's date styles to pre-format your date values.
SELECT
CONVERT(varchar(2), GETDATE(), 101) AS monthLeadingZero -- Date Style 101 = mm/dd/yyyy
,CONVERT(varchar(2), GETDATE(), 103) AS dayLeadingZero -- Date Style 103 = dd/mm/yyyy
For SQL Server 2012 and up , with leading zeroes:
SELECT FORMAT(GETDATE(),'MM')
without:
SELECT MONTH(GETDATE())
Try this :
SELECT CONVERT(varchar(2), GETDATE(), 101)
Leading 0 day
SELECT FORMAT(GetDate(), 'dd')
Select Replicate('0',2 - DataLength(Convert(VarChar(2),DatePart(DAY, GetDate()))) + Convert(VarChar(2),DatePart(DAY, GetDate())
Far neater, he says after removing tongue from cheek.
Usually when you have to start doing this sort of thing in SQL, you need switch from can I, to should I.
This is a generic approach for left padding anything. The concept is to use REPLICATE to create a version which is nothing but the padded value. Then concatenate it with the actual value, using a isnull/coalesce call if the data is NULLable. You now have a string that is double the target size to exactly the target length or somewhere in between. Now simply sheer off the N right-most characters and you have a left padded string.
SELECT RIGHT(REPLICATE('0', 2) + CAST(DATEPART(DAY, '2012-12-09') AS varchar(2)), 2) AS leftpadded_day
The CONVERT function offers various methods for obtaining pre-formatted dates. Format 103 specifies dd
which means leading zero preserved so all that one needs to do is slice out the first 2 characters.
SELECT CONVERT(char(2), CAST('2012-12-09' AS datetime), 103) AS convert_day
SELECT RIGHT('0'
+ CONVERT(VARCHAR(2), Month( column_name )), 2)
FROM table
select right('0000' + cast(datepart(year, GETDATE()) as varchar(4)), 4) + '-'+ + right('00' + cast(datepart(month, GETDATE()) as varchar(2)), 2) + '-'+ + right('00' + cast(datepart(day, getdate()) as varchar(2)), 2) as YearMonthDay