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Format a date and time.

SQL Server
Many engines support the SQL standard - see Mimer for details.


Specific to SQL Server
SQL Server has inexplicably limited support for formatting dates. I am almost certain that there is a better way to do this - please help! The CONVERT function may be used.
Without century (yy) With century (yyyy)
Standard
Input/Output**
- 0 or 100 (*) Default mon dd yyyy hh:miAM (or PM)
1 101 USA mm/dd/yy
2 102 ANSI yy.mm.dd
3 103 British/French dd/mm/yy
4 104 German dd.mm.yy
5 105 Italian dd-mm-yy
6 106 - dd mon yy
7 107 - Mon dd, yy
8 108 - hh:mm:ss
- 9 or 109 (*) Default + milliseconds mon dd yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM (or PM)
10 110 USA mm-dd-yy
11 111 JAPAN yy/mm/dd
12 112 ISO yymmdd
- 13 or 113 (*) Europe default + milliseconds dd mon yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmm(24h)
14 114 - hh:mi:ss:mmm(24h)
- 20 or 120 (*) ODBC canonical yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss(24h)
- 21 or 121 (*) ODBC canonical (with milliseconds) yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss.mmm(24h)
- 126(***) ISO8601 yyyy-mm-dd Thh:mm:ss.mmm(no spaces)
- 130* Hijri**** dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM
- 131* Hijri**** dd/mm/yy hh:mi:ss:mmmAM

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