SELECT FORMAT(GETDATE(), 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss') AS FormattedDateTime;

SELECT FORMAT(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss tt')

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SELECT FORMAT(GETDATE(), 'yyyy-MM-dd') AS FormattedDate;

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SELECT DATE_FORMAT(DATE, '%m %d %Y') FROM table;

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/*Example with now*/

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), '%m %d %Y');

SELECT FORMAT(dbo.column, 'M/dd/yyyy')

-- date format

declare @dat datetime = getdate();

select FORMAT(@dat, N'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm tt') -- returns 2022-05-09 09:35 PM 

-- similar to c# .ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm tt")

default date format of my sql - YYYY-MM-DD