How do I convert a string to a date type in SQL Server 2008 R2?
My string is formatted dd/mm/yyyy
I tried this
SELECT CAST('01/08/2014' AS DATE)
But that does the cast in mm/dd/yyyy
format.
You need the convert
function, where you can specify a format code:
select convert(datetime, '01/08/2014', 103)
The 103
means dd/mm/yyyy. See the docs.