Chris,
107 still I cannot Sort, and 112 will be hard to read for the user.

any other ideas?


>I think this will give you the order you want:
>
>CONVERT(varchar, datetimefld, 112)
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>While this gives the formatting:
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>CONVERT(varchar, datetimefld, 107)
>
>
>>On a datetime field I need to get only the date, not the time.
>>
>>I've tried LEFT(CAST(datetimefld AS CHAR),11) but it gives me, of course, a char field that I cannot sort by correctly.
>>How can I get this as a DATE ?
>>Jan 11 2003 looks nice for what I want, but again, I cannot order it in this way