sql server convert date to string MM/DD/YYYY

I am using SQL Server 2008.

I have the following:

    select convert(varchar(20),fmdate) from Sery

How do I convert the date to string such that it show as MM/DD/YYYY

That task should be done by the next layer up in your software stack. SQL is a data repository, not a presentation system

You can do it with

CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), fmdate(), 101)

But you shouldn't

select convert(varchar(10), fmdate, 101) from sery

101 is a style argument.

Rest of 'em can be found here.

T-SQL Cast / Convert date to string

select convert(varchar(10), cast(fmdate as date), 101) from sery

Without cast I was not getting fmdate converted, so fmdate was a string.

See this article on SQL Server Helper - SQL Server 2008 Date Format

As of SQL Server 2012+, you can use FORMAT(value, format [, culture ])

Where the format param takes any valid standard format string or custom formatting string

Example:

SELECT FORMAT(GETDATE(), 'MM/dd/yyyy')

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