Here you can use a very useful feature.
name it like that
SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), 'MM/DD/YY')
function
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fnFormatDate (@Datetime DATETIME, @FormatMask VARCHAR(32)) RETURNS VARCHAR(32) AS BEGIN DECLARE @StringDate VARCHAR(32) SET @StringDate = @FormatMask IF (CHARINDEX ('YYYY',@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, 'YYYY', DATENAME(YY, @Datetime)) IF (CHARINDEX ('YY',@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, 'YY', RIGHT(DATENAME(YY, @Datetime),2)) IF (CHARINDEX ('Month',@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, 'Month', DATENAME(MM, @Datetime)) IF (CHARINDEX ('MON',@StringDate COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS)>0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, 'MON', LEFT(UPPER(DATENAME(MM, @Datetime)),3)) IF (CHARINDEX ('Mon',@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, 'Mon', LEFT(DATENAME(MM, @Datetime),3)) IF (CHARINDEX ('MM',@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, 'MM', RIGHT('0′+CONVERT(VARCHAR,DATEPART(MM, @Datetime)),2)) IF (CHARINDEX ('M',@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, 'M', CONVERT(VARCHAR,DATEPART(MM, @Datetime))) IF (CHARINDEX ('DD',@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, 'DD', RIGHT('0′+DATENAME(DD, @Datetime),2)) IF (CHARINDEX ('D',@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, 'D', DATENAME(DD, @Datetime)) RETURN @StringDate END GO