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The FORMAT() Function

The FORMAT() function is used to format how a field is to be displayed.

SQL FORMAT() Syntax

SELECT FORMAT(column_name,format) FROM table_name

Parameter	Description
column_name	Required. The field to be formatted.
format	Required. Specifies the format.

SQL FORMAT() Example

We have the following "Products" table:

Prod_Id	ProductName	Unit	UnitPrice
1	Jarlsberg	1000 g	10.45
2	Mascarpone	1000 g	32.56
3	Gorgonzola	1000 g	15.67

Now we want to display the products and prices per today's date (with today's date displayed in the following format "YYYY-MM-DD").

We use the following SELECT statement:

SELECT ProductName, UnitPrice, FORMAT(Now(),'YYYY-MM-DD') as PerDate
FROM Products

The result-set will look like this:

ProductName	UnitPrice	PerDate
Jarlsberg	10.45	2008-10-07
Mascarpone	32.56	2008-10-07
Gorgonzola	15.67	2008-10-07