SQL | Calculations using dates exercise | Use the DATENAME function and CASE to display full dates

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Software ==> SQL  (198 exercises)
Version ==> Any version of SQL Server
Topic ==> Calculations using dates  (4 exercises)
Level ==> Harder than average
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Create a query to show the full dates for any event:

Full list of dates

The first few events, in chronological order.

To get the suffix, you'll need to use a CASE statement based on the day number for any date.

Save this query as Query suffices (marvelling at the wordplay involved in the title), then close it down.

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ShukiMolk   Reply to ShukiMolkReply
10 Apr 20 at 02:12

Why do we need to use the CASE function?
What's wrong with this:

SELECT EventName, EventDate, ( (DATENAME(Weekday, EventDate)) + ' ' + (DATENAME(day, EventDate)) + 'th ' + (DATENAME(month, EventDate)) + ' ' + (DATENAME(year, EventDate)) ) AS 'Full Date'
FROM [tblEvent]
ORDER BY EventDate

DbEnthusiast   Reply to DbEnthusiastReply
18 Dec 20 at 18:47

SELECT EventName
    ,EventDate 
    ,CASE WHEN DATEPART(day,EventDate) IN (1,21,31) THEN CONCAT(DATENAME(weekday,EventDate),' ',DATEPART(day,EventDate),'st ',DATENAME(month,EventDate),' ',DATEPART(year,EventDate)) 
          WHEN DATEPART(day,EventDate) IN (2,22) THEN CONCAT(DATENAME(weekday,EventDate),' ',DATEPART(day,EventDate),'nd ',DATENAME(month,EventDate),' ',DATEPART(year,EventDate)) 
          WHEN DATEPART(day,EventDate) IN (3,23) THEN CONCAT(DATENAME(weekday,EventDate),' ',DATEPART(day,EventDate),'rd ',DATENAME(month,EventDate),' ',DATEPART(year,EventDate)) 
          ELSE  CONCAT(DATENAME(weekday,EventDate),' ',DATEPART(day,EventDate),'th ',DATENAME(month,EventDate),' ',DATEPART(year,EventDate))
    END as FullDate
FROM tblEvent

Andy B   Reply to Andy BReply
10 Apr 20 at 12:07

That answer will work for most dates, but won't for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 21st, 22nd and 23rd.  

ShukiMolk   Reply to ShukiMolkReply
13 Apr 20 at 13:01

True that.
Tnx

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