Need to get YYYYMM from date ?

Question

Need to get YYYYMM from date ?

KumarVelayutham

SSCrazy

Points: 2204
More actions
September 14, 2012 at 8:53 am

#281541

Hi Guys,
Please help me to get YYYYMM from Getdate()?
I have tried the below query.But it gives 20129 only not 201209 format?
ANy help will be appreciated!!!!!!!!!
Regards,
Kumar

Viewing 9 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Login to reply

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 1

KumarSQLDBA (9/14/2012)
Hi Guys,
Please help me to get YYYYMM from Getdate()?
I have tried the below query.But it gives 20129 only not 201209 format?
ANy help will be appreciated!!!!!!!!!

SELECT cast(year(getdate()) as char(4)) + right('0' + cast(month(getdate()) as varchar), 2);

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 2

SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(6), GETDATE(), 112);

- Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
Property of The Thread

"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everyone agrees it's old enough to know better." - Anon

KumarVelayutham SSCrazy Points: 2204 More actions · Answer 3

Million times thanks for the help from 'GSquared'.

It got working .!!!!!!!!:-)

Regards,
Kumar

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004406 More actions · Answer 4

KumarSQLDBA (9/14/2012)
Million times thanks for the help from 'GSquared'.
It got working .!!!!!!!!:-)

The next question is... do you understand why it works???

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

peacesells SSCrazy Points: 2882 More actions · Answer 5

I really appreciate the way how most of the frequent SQL gurus at SQL central try to feed the concept instead of just providing the answers.

balajisrm Right there with Babe Points: 723 More actions · Answer 6

But this one is not working for SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(6), '2012-09-15', 112);

i mean When we provide a hard coded date.

Jeffrey Williams SSC Guru Points: 90304 More actions · Answer 7

balajisrm (9/15/2012)
But this one is not working for SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(6), '2012-09-15', 112);
i mean When we provide a hard coded date.

Because that is not a hard-coded date. It is a hard-coded string defined as CHAR(10) being converted to another string defined as CHAR(6).

Modify it to this:

SELECT convert(char(6), cast('2012-09-15' As date), 112);

Jeffrey Williams
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”

― Charles R. Swindoll

How to post questions to get better answers faster
Managing Transaction Logs

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 8

balajisrm (9/15/2012)
But this one is not working for SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(6), '2012-09-15', 112);
i mean When we provide a hard coded date.

As mentioned, you need to convert that string to a date first.

But, even better yet, follow the practice of hard-coding dates following the ISO standard. YYYYMMDD, without hyphens. That avoids issues with localization and conversion.

- Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
Property of The Thread

"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everyone agrees it's old enough to know better." - Anon