How about this:

CONVERT(varchar, datetimefld, 102)

or

CONVERT(varchar, datetimefld, 111)


>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)
>>
>>While this gives the formatting:
>>
>>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