Date Conversion Woes: Cast? Convert?

I have been having some trouble trying to get the date format YYYYMMDD 00:00:00.00 to convert to MM/DD/YYYY. I am using SQL 2005 and Reporting Services. I attempted several variations to solve this problem as outlined below, with the final working conclusion at the end. I am not saying that this is the BEST or the ONLY way to achieve the solution, but it worked for me.



Code Block
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SELECT DATE_TIME AS DATE1
FROM TRANSLOG
--returns value of 20071027 02:26:24.06
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SELECT CAST(DATE_TIME AS SMALLDATETIME) AS DATE1
FROM TRANSLOG
--returns value of 2007-10-27 02:26:00
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SELECT LEFT(CAST(DATE_TIME AS SMALLDATETIME),11) AS DATE1
FROM TRANSLOG
--returns value of Oct 27 2007
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SELECT CAST(SUBSTRING(DATE_TIME,0,9) AS SMALLDATETIME) AS DATE1
FROM TRANSLOG
--returns value of 2007-10-27 00:00:00
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SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), DATE_TIME, 103)
FROM TRANSLOG
--although this works with GETDATE(), it does not work with the DATE_TIME field
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SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), CAST(DATE_TIME AS SMALLDATETIME), 101) AS DATE1
FROM TRANSLOG
--THIS WORKS!!! Displaying 10/27/2007





Hope this helps somebody someday!

-Jody