Question

Quick question for an ASP experts out there! I am reading a SQL database using ASP. The fieldtype in SQL is “datetime” ie. 2012-08-15 08:08:20.140

However when I read this via Classic ASP ADODB RecordSet I get “15/08/2012”. This is slightly un-helpful as I would like it to read in in the exact same format as it appears on SQL Server.

Is there any way I can stop ASP changing the date and just read it in as it appears from SQL Server in YYYY-MM-DD format?

Answer 1

You could use a combination of SetLocale and FormatDateTime.

About SetLocale:
http://www.w3schools.com/vbscript/func_setlocale.asp

About FormatDateTime:
http://www.w3schools.com/vbscript/func_formatdatetime.asp

Here is an example:

SetLocale 4105 ' 4105 => Canada, which is ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)

SQL = "select user_date from user"
Set conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Open Application("ConnectionString")
Set cmd = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
cmd.ActiveConnection = conn
cmd.CommandType = 1
cmd.CommandText = SQL
Set rst = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rst.CursorLocation = 3
Set rst = cmd.Execute

echo FormatDateTime(rst('user_date').Value,vbShortDate);