There are many methods to store date values. One of them is Julian date. It is a seven digit number where first four is the year part and the next three digits are the number of days from Jan 01.
How many of us use some sort of date or datetime function when working with SQL Server? I cannot think of a single developer who would ever say they don’t work with datetime conversions in their application. Almost every application needs some manipulation of datetime datatypes. There are a number of pitfalls that can get into which we might not be aware. Here is a simple blog: Quiz with DATEADD Function that I would love to hear your views on what the output would be:
Last week I wrote a blog post about SQL SERVER – List the Name of the Months Between Date Ranges. It was written in the response to the question – How to list the name of the months between two date ranges? In the original blog post, I made a small error, hence I corrected that in the follow up blog post. Thanks to Sanjay Monpara for helping me correct the error. There are some amazing comments received in the original blog posts.