how to convert date format

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how to convert below query from Oracle PL/SQL to MS SQL Server
to_date(to_char(cm_firstfinishdate,'MON YY'),'MON YY')

here cm_firstfinishdate = 2013-08-27 of datatype date

for.. to_char(cm_firstfinishdate,'MON YY')
I have done UPPER(RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), cm_firstfinishdate, 6),6))
which works fine,
how to convert the same to to_date
please assist me

Posted 6-Feb-14 22:38pm

saurabh kumar mahto

Updated 6-Feb-14 22:40pm

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Sergey Vaselenko · Answer 1 · 2014-02-07T00:09:00

Solution 1

CONVERT(DATETIME, '01 ' + UPPER(RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), cm_firstfinishdate, 6),6)))

It seems that you need to get the first day of the month.

In SQL Server you may use the following:

DATEADD(month, DATEDIFF(month, 0, cm_firstfinishdate), 0)

Posted 7-Feb-14 0:09am

Sergey Vaselenko

Updated 7-Feb-14 0:18am

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