How to return a date format similar to 7-Feb-2012 using TSQL?

Question

Using TSQL, How to return a date with a format similar to "7-Feb-2012"?

this returns the day:

SELECT DATEPART(d, getdate())

this returns the year:

SELECT DATEPART(yyyy, getdate())

How to return the month name?

Thanks,

Answer 1

The following will give you the format like "14-Feb-2012":

SELECT REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(11), GETDATE(), 106), ' ', '-') AS [dd-Mon-YYYY]

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If you just want the month name, you can do:

select DATENAME(m, getdate())

Answer 2

SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR,GETDATE(),106)