When we convert or cast date in sql, see below sql code
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 110) AS [MM-DD-YYYY]
it works fine, I just want to know the meaning of 110 in above code. what it does actually, sometimes we use 102, 112 etc. what is the use of that number.
That number indicates Date and Time Styles
You need to look at CAST and CONVERT (Transact-SQL). Here you can find the meaning of all these Date and Time Styles.
Styles with century (e.g. 100, 101 etc) means year will come in yyyy format. While styles without century (e.g. 1,7,10) means year will come in yy format.
You can also refer to SQL Server Date Formats. Here you can find all date formats with examples.
When you convert expressions from one type to another, in many cases there will be a need within a stored procedure or other routine to convert data from a datetime type to a varchar type. The Convert function is used for such things. The CONVERT() function can be used to display date/time data in various formats.
Syntax
CONVERT(data_type(length), expression, style)
Style - style values for datetime or smalldatetime conversion to character data. Add 100 to a style value to get a four-place year that includes the century (yyyy).
Example 1
take a style value 108 which defines the following format:
hh:mm:ss
Now use the above style in the following query:
select convert(varchar(20),GETDATE(),108)
Example 2
we use the style value 107 which defines the following format:
Mon dd, yy
Now use that style in the following query:
select convert(varchar(20),GETDATE(),107)
Similarly
style-106 for Day,Month,Year (26 Sep 2013)
style-6 for Day, Month, Year (26 Sep 13)
style-113 for Day,Month,Year, Timestamp (26 Sep 2013 14:11:53:300)
10 = mm-dd-yy 110 = mm-dd-yyyy
110 is the Style value for the date format.
Source: Stackoverflow.com