Get Date Time in Any Format – UDF – User Defined Functions

Following User Defined Function will give you date in Any format Whichever you want. For the output of this function see the end of User Defined Function.

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[UfDateFormat]
(
@Date datetime,
@fORMAT VARCHAR(80)
)
RETURNS NVARCHAR(80)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @Dateformat INT
DECLARE @ReturnedDate VARCHAR(80)
DECLARE @TwelveHourClock INT
DECLARE @Before INT
DECLARE @pos INT
DECLARE @Escape INT

SELECT @ReturnedDate='error! unrecognised format '+@format
SELECT @DateFormat=CASE @format
WHEN 'mmm dd yyyy hh:mm AM/PM' THEN 100
WHEN 'mm/dd/yy' THEN 1
WHEN 'mm/dd/yyyy' THEN 101
WHEN 'yy.mm.dd' THEN 2
WHEN 'dd/mm/yy' THEN 3
WHEN 'dd.mm.yy' THEN 4
WHEN 'dd-mm-yy' THEN 5
WHEN 'dd Mmm yy' THEN 6
WHEN 'Mmm dd, yy' THEN 7
WHEN 'hh:mm:ss' THEN 8
WHEN 'yyyy.mm.dd' THEN 102
WHEN 'dd/mm/yyyy' THEN 103
WHEN 'dd.mm.yyyy' THEN 104
WHEN 'dd-mm-yyyy' THEN 105
WHEN 'dd Mmm yyyy' THEN 106
WHEN 'Mmm dd, yyyy' THEN 107
WHEN 'Mmm dd yyyy hh:mm:ss:ms AM/PM' THEN 9
WHEN 'Mmm dd yyyy hh:mi:ss:mmm AM/PM' THEN 9
WHEN 'Mmm dd yy hh:mm:ss:ms AM/PM' THEN 109
WHEN 'mm-dd-yy' THEN 10
WHEN 'mm-dd-yyyy' THEN 110
WHEN 'yy/mm/dd' THEN 11
WHEN 'yyyy/mm/dd' THEN 111
WHEN 'yymmdd' THEN 12
WHEN 'yyyymmdd' THEN 112
WHEN 'dd Mmm yyyy hh:mm:ss:Ms' THEN 113
WHEN 'hh:mm:ss:Ms' THEN 14
WHEN 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss' THEN 120
WHEN 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.Ms' THEN 121
WHEN 'yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.Ms' THEN 126
WHEN 'dd Mmm yyyy hh:mm:ss:ms AM/PM' THEN 130
WHEN 'dd/mm/yy hh:mm:ss:ms AM/PM' THEN 131
WHEN 'RFC822' THEN 2
WHEN 'dd Mmm yyyy hh:mm' THEN 4
ELSE 1 END
SELECT @ReturnedDate='error! unrecognised format ' +@format+CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),@DateFormat)
IF @DateFormat>=0
SELECT @ReturnedDate=CONVERT(VARCHAR(80),@Date,@DateFormat)
--check for favourite and custom formats that can be done quickly
ELSE IF @DateFormat=-2--then it is RFC822 format
SELECT @ReturnedDate=LEFT(DATENAME(dw, @Date),3) + ', ' + STUFF(CONVERT(NVARCHAR,@Date,113),21,4,' GMT')
ELSE IF @DateFormat=-4--then it is european day format with minutes
SELECT @ReturnedDate=CONVERT(CHAR(17),@Date,113)
ELSE
BEGIN
SELECT @Before=LEN(@format)
SELECT @Format=REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE( @Format,'AM/PM','#'),'AM','#'),'PM','#')
SELECT @TwelveHourClock=CASE WHEN @Before >LEN(@format) THEN 109 ELSE 113 END, @ReturnedDate=''
WHILE (1=1)--forever
BEGIN
SELECT @pos=PATINDEX('%[yqmidwhs:#]%',@format+' ')
IF @pos=0--no more date format strings
BEGIN
SELECT @ReturnedDate=@ReturnedDate+@format
BREAK
END
IF @pos>1--some stuff to pass through first
BEGIN
SELECT @escape=CHARINDEX ('\',@Format+'\') --is it a literal character that is escaped?
IF @escape<@pos BEGIN
SET @ReturnedDate=@ReturnedDate+SUBSTRING(@Format,1,@escape-1) +SUBSTRING(@format,@escape+1,1)
SET @format=RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@Format,@Escape+2,80))
CONTINUE
END
SET @ReturnedDate=@ReturnedDate+SUBSTRING(@Format,1,@pos-1)
SET @format=RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@Format,@pos,80))
END
SELECT @pos=PATINDEX('%[^yqmidwhs:#]%',@format+' ')--get the end
SELECT @ReturnedDate=@ReturnedDate+--'('+substring(@Format,1,@pos-1)+')'+
CASE SUBSTRING(@Format,1,@pos-1)
--Mmmths as 1--12
WHEN 'M' THEN CONVERT(VARCHAR(2),DATEPART(MONTH,@Date))
--Mmmths as 01--12
WHEN 'Mm' THEN CONVERT(CHAR(2),@Date,101)
--Mmmths as Jan--Dec
WHEN 'Mmm' THEN CONVERT(CHAR(3),DATENAME(MONTH,@Date))
--Mmmths as January--December
WHEN 'Mmmm' THEN DATENAME(MONTH,@Date)
--Mmmths as the first letter of the Mmmth
WHEN 'Mmmmm' THEN CONVERT(CHAR(1),DATENAME(MONTH,@Date))
--Days as 1--31
WHEN 'D' THEN CONVERT(VARCHAR(2),DATEPART(DAY,@Date))
--Days as 01--31
WHEN 'Dd' THEN CONVERT(CHAR(2),@date,103)
--Days as Sun--Sat
WHEN 'Ddd' THEN CONVERT(CHAR(3),DATENAME(weekday,@Date))
--Days as Sunday--Saturday
WHEN 'Dddd' THEN DATENAME(weekday,@Date)
--Years as 00--99
WHEN 'Yy' THEN CONVERT(CHAR(2),@Date,12)
--Years as 1900--9999
WHEN 'Yyyy' THEN DATENAME(YEAR,@Date)
WHEN 'hh:mm:ss' THEN SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(30),@date,@TwelveHourClock),13,8)
WHEN 'hh:mm:ss:ms' THEN SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(30),@date,@TwelveHourClock),13,12)
WHEN 'h:mm:ss' THEN SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(30),@date,@TwelveHourClock),13,8)
--tthe SQL Server BOL syntax, for compatibility
WHEN 'hh:mi:ss:mmm' THEN SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(30),@date,@TwelveHourClock),13,12)
WHEN 'h:mm:ss:ms' THEN SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(30),@date,@TwelveHourClock),13,12)
WHEN 'H:m:s' THEN SUBSTRING(REPLACE(':'+SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(30), @Date,@TwelveHourClock),13,8),':0',':'),2,30)
WHEN 'H:m:s:ms' THEN SUBSTRING(REPLACE(':'+SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(30), @Date,@TwelveHourClock),13,12),':0',':'),2,30)
--Hours as 00--23
WHEN 'hh' THEN REPLACE(SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(30), @Date,@TwelveHourClock),13,2),' ','0')
--Hours as 0--23
WHEN 'h' THEN LTRIM(SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(30), @Date,@TwelveHourClock),13,2))
--Minutes as 00--59
WHEN 'Mi' THEN DATENAME(minute,@date)
WHEN 'mm' THEN DATENAME(minute,@date)
WHEN 'm' THEN CONVERT(VARCHAR(2),DATEPART(minute,@date))
--Seconds as 0--59
WHEN 'ss' THEN DATENAME(second,@date)
--Seconds as 0--59
WHEN 'S' THEN CONVERT(VARCHAR(2),DATEPART(second,@date))
--AM/PM
WHEN 'ms' THEN DATENAME(millisecond,@date)
WHEN 'mmm' THEN DATENAME(millisecond,@date)
WHEN 'dy' THEN DATENAME(dy,@date)
WHEN 'qq' THEN DATENAME(qq,@date)
WHEN 'ww' THEN DATENAME(ww,@date)
WHEN '#' THEN REVERSE(SUBSTRING(REVERSE(CONVERT(CHAR(26), @date,109)),1,2))
ELSE
SUBSTRING(@Format,1,@pos-1)
END
SET @format=RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@Format,@pos,80))
END
END
RETURN @ReturnedDate
END
GO

-- Output of User Defined Function
SELECT [dbo].[UFDateFormat] ('8/7/2008', 'mm/dd/yy')
GO
SELECT [dbo].[UFDateFormat] ('8/7/2008', 'hh:mm:ss')
GO
SELECT [dbo].[UFDateFormat] ('8/7/2008', 'mmm')
GO
SELECT [dbo].[UFDateFormat] ('8/7/2008', 'Mmm dd yyyy hh:mm:ss:ms AM/PM')
GO
SELECT [dbo].[UFDateFormat] ('8/7/2008', '#')
GO

SQL SERVER – Insert Values of Stored Procedure in Table – Use Table Valued Function

Different ways to insert the values from a stored procedure into a table. Let us quickly look at the conventional way of doing the same.

Please note that this only works with the stored procedure with only one resultset. Let us create a stored procedure that returns one resultset.

/* Create Stored Procedure */
CREATE PROCEDURE TestSP
AS
SELECT GETDATE() AS MyDate, 1 AS IntValue
UNION ALL
SELECT GETDATE()+1 AS MyDate, 2 AS IntValue
GO

Traditional Method:

/* Create TempTable */
CREATE TABLE #tempTable (MyDate SMALLDATETIME, IntValue INT)
GO
/* Run SP and Insert Value in TempTable */
INSERT INTO #tempTable (MyDate, IntValue)
EXEC TestSP
GO
/* SELECT from TempTable */
SELECT *
FROM #tempTable
GO
/* Clean up */
DROP TABLE #tempTable
GO

Alternate Method: Table Valued Function

/* Create table valued function*/
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.TestFn()
RETURNS @retTestFn TABLE
(
MyDate SMALLDATETIME,
IntValue INT
)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @MyDate SMALLDATETIME
DECLARE @IntValue INT
INSERT INTO @retTestFn
SELECT GETDATE() AS MyDate, 1 AS IntValue
UNION ALL
SELECT GETDATE()+1 AS MyDate, 2 AS IntValue
RETURN;
END
GO
/* Select data from Table Valued Function */
SELECT *
FROM dbo.TestFn()
GO

It is clear from the resultset that option 2, where I have converted stored procedures logic into the table valued function, is much better in terms of logic as it saves a large number of operations. However, this option should be used carefully. Performance of the stored procedure is “usually” better than that of functions.

Store Procedures Vs User Defined Functions

Store Procedures		User Defined Functions
1	A stored procedure is a program (or procedure) which is physically stored within a database.	A user-defined function is a routine that encapsulates useful logic for use in other queries.
2	Procedure can return zero or n values.	Function returns only one value which is mandatory.
3	Procedure can have Input, Output Parameter.	UDF can have only Input Parameters.
4	Procedure allow select as well as DML statement in it	Functions allow only select statement in it.
5	Procedure can not be called from function.	Functions can be called from Procedure
6	We can go for transaction management in procedure	In function We can’t
7	Procedures can not be utilized in a select statement	Functions can be embedded in a select statement.