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nice123ej
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48 Posts

Posted - 2010-08-30 : 08:41:20

Hi
is there any way in SQL Server i can change the DateTime format to accept dd/mm/yyyy as date format

so when users run this script they dont get error

declare @dt datetime
set @dt = '28/10/2009'
select @dt

what i want is to know how change the sql server so it can understand that the string with dd/mm/yyyy format is the right format for date and accept it

Thanks

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2010-08-30 : 09:54:01

you need to change language setting to British English or use

SET DATEFORMAT dmy

for that. why dont you pass dates always in universally accepted iso format? (YYYYMMDD)

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