How to change the language and date format in SQL Server?

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M Sach picture M Sach · Jun 27, 2012 · Viewed 64.2k times · Source

I am using SQL Server 2005. When I execute DBCC USEROPTIONS, I see the language as romana and dateformat as dmy.

I want the language to be us_english and dateformat as mdy.

How can I do this? I was having these settings initially but somehow they got changed to romana.

How to revert back to us_english and date as dmy?

Answer

praveen picture praveen · Jun 27, 2012

You can reset the language by using the below syntax

set language 'us_english'

In order to view all the languages and their date format try this one

select * from sys.syslanguages

If you need to permanently change the language then

  • Go To Security
  • Logins
  • Right Click on your username and select Properties
  • Change the default language to English

This change will persist even after you restart your SSMS

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