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DATEFROMPARTS (Transact-SQL)

SQL Server 2012

Returns a date value for the specified year, month, and day.

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DATEFROMPARTS ( year, month, day )

Arguments

year: Integer expression specifying a year.
month: Integer expression specifying a month, from 1 to 12.
day: Integer expression specifying a day.

Return Types

date

Remarks

DATEFROMPARTS returns a date value with the date portion set to the specified year, month and day, and the time portion set to the default. If the arguments are not valid, then an error is raised. If required arguments are null, then null is returned.

This function is capable of being remoted to SQL Server 2012 servers and above. It will not be remoted to servers with a version below SQL Server 2012.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the DATEFROMPARTS function.

SELECT DATEFROMPARTS ( 2010, 12, 31 ) AS Result;

Here is the result set.

Result
----------------------------------
2010-12-31

(1 row(s) affected)

Reference

date (Transact-SQL)

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