Formatting dates and return date type

Hi,
I am working with SQL Server 2012 with English(United States) language set, it's not posible change this parameter.
If I execute this sentence
declare @d
date='06/22/2015'
select @d
Response:2015-06-22 (yyyy-MM-dd)
I want to obtain 22-06-2015 (dd-MM-yyyy) with type date.
I have tried with format(@d,'dd/MM/yyyy') and convert(varchar,@d,103) but these functions return varchar and after the order in Excel doesn't work about date.
I have tried too
declare @dvarchar(10)='22/06/2015
select parse(@dasdateusing'es-ES')asResult
The response is the same
Response:2015-06-22 (yyyy-MM-dd)
How can I obtain "22-06-2015" in data type?
Thanks,

I want to obtain 22-06-2015 (dd-MM-yyyy) with type date.
A data of type "date" don't have any format as it, it's just a (internal numeric) value; it's always the frontend which format's this value.
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