CFML sql query modifying original date format from table

Question

Say I have the following date format in my SQL Server database: 3/2007 but when I try to get the data via CFML script I get it this altered format 2007-03-31 00:00:00.0, my script looks like this:

<cfquery name="header" datasource="mydb">
SELECT 
  ExpDate
FROM 
  myTable
</cfquery>

<CFOUTPUT>ExpDate</CFOUTPUT>
<cfloop query="header">
<CFOUTPUT>#ExpDate#</cfoutput>
</cfloop>

Any idea why my date format is altered? Thanks!

Answer 1

Dates are not stored in any format in SQL Server. A client application formats dates.

You can modify your query as follows to get date as varchar value in needed format.

SELECT 
  RIGHT(CONVERT(varchar(12),ExpDate,103),7) ExpDate
FROM 
  myTable