The United States is one of the few countries that use “mm-dd-yyyy” as their date format–which is very very unique! The day is written first and the year last in most countries (dd-mm-yyyy) and some nations, such as Iran, Korea, and China, write the year first and the day last (yyyy-mm-dd).
How do Americans abbreviate the date?
In the USA, dates are recorded in most communication in an irrational order: MONTH/DAY/YEAR, written July 4, 1999 and abbreviated 7/4/1999. The USA seems to be the only country with this weird system.
One of the hypotheses is that the United States borrowed the way it was written from the United Kingdom who used it before the 20th century and then later changed it to match Europe (dd-mm-yyyy). American colonists liked their original format and its been that way ever since.
What is the 183 day of the year?
July 2 This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 September 2021. July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 182 days remain until the end of the year.
Is date function in SQL?
List of SQL DATE FunctionsDate FunctionsDescReturn Value Data TypeISDATE (potential date string)Use to validate a date stringReturns 1 if the string is a valid date or 0 if not a valid date.12 more rows•18 May 2021
How do I get todays date in SQL?
To get the current date and time in SQL Server, use the GETDATE() function. This function returns a datetime data type; in other words, it contains both the date and the time, e.g. 2019-08-20 10:22:34 .