Question

I have been trying to find a date format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm.

I am using convert (varchar, rc.CreatedDateTime, ???). 131 is not what i need either.

I seem to be able to find an awful lot that are very close, but not this particular one, am I missing something glaringly obvious or is there another function I can use??

Answer 1

You can use this, just replace the getdate() with your field:

select convert(char(10), getdate(), 103) + ' ' 
    + convert(char(8), getdate(), 108)

which gives you the results:

14/03/2012 17:05:47

If you just want the hour and seconds then:

select convert(char(10), getdate(), 103) + ' ' 
    + Left(convert(char(8), getdate(), 108), 2) + ':'
    + Right(convert(char(8), getdate(), 108), 2)

Here is a helpful link with date/time conversions:

http://anubhavg.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/how-to-format-datetime-date-in-sql-server-2005/

Based on your comment that it should be dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm then the query would be:

select convert(char(10), getdate(), 103) + ' ' 
    + Left(convert(char(8), getdate(), 108), 5) 

OR without the LEFT()

select convert(varchar(10), getdate(), 103) + ' ' 
    + convert(char(5), getdate(), 108)