Question

I have default value getdate() in the blog table in SQL Server database

In fact, I am not even sure if it does store AM or PM in the field

The column date_created is of type datetime and default value is (getdate())

how can I store AM or PM in the field?

Answer 1

Try something like this:

SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), GETDATE(), 100)

That will yield “Nov 21 2011 1:29PM”. See here for more formats.