How to insert date value in SQL server format 17-DEC-84

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I couldn't find  this 17-dec-84 format

What I have tried:

DATE - format YYYY-MM-DD
DATETIME - format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS
SMALLDATETIME - format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS
TIMESTAMP - format: a unique number
I Have came through all these FORMATS but i couldn't find  this 17-dec-84 format
plsss HELP :-(

Posted 14-Nov-17 22:21pm

Cute princess

Updated 14-Nov-17 22:52pm

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Richard MacCutchan 15-Nov-17 4:25am

Dates and DateTimes are value types. You only need a format when displaying them on some human readable device.

Cute princess 15-Nov-17 4:30am

how to insert 17-dec-84 in sql server

Richard MacCutchan 15-Nov-17 4:34am

Convert it to a Date type. If you really do not understand date and time handling in SQL then you are likely to run into many problems in the future. Go and study the SQL documentation for the different field types.

John C Rayan 15-Nov-17 4:33am

If you are using SQL, then you have to use convert(datetime, '17-DEC-84', 5)

Cute princess 15-Nov-17 4:48am

Thank u but it's not worked
INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE(EMPLOYEE_ID,LAST_NAME,FIRST_NAME,MIDDLE_NAME,JOB_ID,MANAGER_ID,HIREDATE,SALARY,COMM,DEPARTMENT_ID)VALUES(7369,'SMITH','JOHN','Q',667,7902,(CONVERT(DATETIME('84-DEC-17',5))),800,NULL,20);

Incorrect syntax near '84-DEC-17'.

Cute princess 15-Nov-17 4:52am

Thank you so much it worked :-)

John C Rayan 16-Nov-17 11:36am

because you date is invalid. CONVERT(DATETIME('84-DEC-17',5))), the year and day is in wrong place. check it for yourself.

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Cute princess · Answer 1 · 2017-11-14T22:52:00

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convert(datetime, '17-DEC-84', 5)

Posted 14-Nov-17 22:52pm

Cute princess

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John C Rayan 16-Nov-17 11:37am

you have copied exactly my solution. ????????????. Read it carefully.