Custom Date/Time formatting in SQL Server

Question

I am trying to write a stored procedure which selects columns from a table and adds 2 extra columns to the ResultSet. These 2 extra columns are the result of conversions on a field in the table which is a Datetime field.

The Datetime format field has the following format 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.S'

The 2 additional fields which should be in the following format:

1. DDMMM
2. HHMMT, where T is 'A' for a.m. and 'P' for p.m.

Example: If the data in the field was '2008-10-12 13:19:12.0' then the extracted fields should contain:

1. 12OCT
2. 0119P

I have tried using CONVERT string formats, but none of the formats match the output I want to get. I am thinking along the lines of extracting the field data via CONVERT and then using REPLACE, but I surely need some help here, as I am no sure.

Could anyone well versed in stored procedures help me out here? Thanks!

Answer 1

Use DATENAME and wrap the logic in a Function, not a Stored Proc

declare @myTime as DateTime

set @myTime = GETDATE()

select @myTime

select DATENAME(day, @myTime) + SUBSTRING(UPPER(DATENAME(month, @myTime)), 0,4)

Returns "14OCT"

Try not to use any Character / String based operations if possible when working with dates. They are numerical (a float) and performance will suffer from those data type conversions.

Dig these handy conversions I have compiled over the years...

/* Common date functions */
--//This contains common date functions for MSSQL server

/*Getting Parts of a DateTime*/
    --//gets the date only, 20x faster than using Convert/Cast to varchar
    --//this has been especially useful for JOINS
    SELECT (CAST(FLOOR(CAST(GETDATE() as FLOAT)) AS DateTime))

    --//gets the time only (date portion is '1900-01-01' and is considered the "0 time" of dates in MSSQL, even with the datatype min value of 01/01/1753. 
    SELECT (GETDATE() - (CAST(FLOOR(CAST(GETDATE() as FLOAT)) AS DateTime)))


/*Relative Dates*/
--//These are all functions that will calculate a date relative to the current date and time
    /*Current Day*/
    --//now
    SELECT (GETDATE())

    --//midnight of today
    SELECT (DATEADD(ms,-4,(DATEADD(dd,DATEDIFF(dd,0,GETDATE()) + 1,0))))

    --//Current Hour
    SELECT DATEADD(hh,DATEPART(hh,GETDATE()),CAST(FLOOR(CAST(GETDATE() AS FLOAT)) as DateTime))

    --//Current Half-Hour - if its 9:36, this will show 9:30
    SELECT DATEADD(mi,((DATEDIFF(mi,(CAST(FLOOR(CAST(GETDATE() as FLOAT)) as DateTime)), GETDATE())) / 30) * 30,(CAST(FLOOR(CAST(GETDATE() as FLOAT)) as DateTime)))

    /*Yearly*/
    --//first datetime of the current year
    SELECT (DATEADD(yy,DATEDIFF(yy,0,GETDATE()),0))

    --//last datetime of the current year
    SELECT (DATEADD(ms,-4,(DATEADD(yy,DATEDIFF(yy,0,GETDATE()) + 1,0))))

    /*Monthly*/
    --//first datetime of current month
    SELECT (DATEADD(mm,DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE()),0))

    --//last datetime of the current month
    SELECT (DATEADD(ms,-4,DATEADD(mm,1,DATEADD(mm,DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE()),0))))

    --//first datetime of the previous month
    SELECT (DATEADD(mm,DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE()) -1,0))

    --//last datetime of the previous month
    SELECT (DATEADD(ms, -4,DATEADD(mm,DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE()),0)))

    /*Weekly*/
    --//previous monday at 12AM
    SELECT (DATEADD(wk,DATEDIFF(wk,0,GETDATE()) -1 ,0))

    --//previous friday at 11:59:59 PM
    SELECT (DATEADD(ms,-4,DATEADD(dd,5,DATEADD(wk,DATEDIFF(wk,0,GETDATE()) -1 ,0))))

    /*Quarterly*/
    --//first datetime of current quarter
    SELECT (DATEADD(qq,DATEDIFF(qq,0,GETDATE()),0))

    --//last datetime of current quarter
    SELECT (DATEADD(ms,-4,DATEADD(qq,DATEDIFF(qq,0,GETDATE()) + 1,0)))