Cast string as datetime issue

I have installed SQL Server Express 2008 R2 on a Windows 7, language Brazilian-Portuguese ( PT-BR ). When I run a function which converts string to datetime it is raising conversion exception. I have tried the ANSI format 'yyyy-mm-dd' and 'mm-dd-yyyy', but
the only one that works is 'dd-mm-yyyy'. Is there any kind of settup that should be made to reset SQL Server to the ANSI default ?
Jayme Jeffman

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Starting with SQL Server 2012, TRY_CONVERT() is available for date validity check:
http://beyondrelational.com/modules/2/blogs/70/posts/19841/data-validation-using-tryconvert-function.aspx
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