SQL DATEFROMPARTS function is one of the Date and Time Function, which will return a date value from the users specified parts. The basic syntax of the DATEFROMPARTS Function is as follows:
DATEFROMPARTS (year, month, day)
As you can see from the above syntax, this function accepts three arguments to build a date. This SQL Server function returns date data type value as output.
SQL DATEFROMPARTS Function Example
In this Date and Time Function example, we will show you the use the Datefromparts function
-- Example for SQL DATEFROMPARTS Function SELECT DATEFROMPARTS ( 2017, 12, 19) AS Result SELECT DATEFROMPARTS ( 2014, 02, 25) AS Result -- Let me try with Null Values SELECT DATEFROMPARTS ( NULL, 12, 19 ) AS Result SELECT DATEFROMPARTS ( 2017, 12, NULL ) AS Result -- Feb 2016 is a Leap year SELECT DATEFROMPARTS ( 2016, 02, 29) AS Result -- Feb 2014 is not a leap year. So, Invalid Argument 29 SELECT DATEFROMPARTS ( 2014, 02, 29) AS Result
OUTPUT
As you can see from the above screenshot, the last statement is throwing an error. It is because there is no 29th date in February month. Let me show you the result