NEED ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN FOR DATE FORMAT

Question

Need something like this :
ALTER TABLE ABC
ALTER COLUMN DATE1 AS (DD/MM/YYYY)
need to appear in this format (29/03/2014) in the table.
also needs to be recorded in DB in that format.

Answer 1

changed system date format, works. Thanks!
You should always store values as dates itself in date/datetime related field in SQLServer
The formatting can very easily be done in your front end (presentation layer) using format function
Even in T-SQL you can use CONVERT or FORMAT functions to get the date values in the format you want
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I don't follow you? Anyway, Olaf Helper's answer was the solution.
SQL Server has a data type called DATETIME. To correctly query dates, it is easier to use this as it allows the SQL engine to do all the calculations for you, also the canonical format for dates in any database language is YYYY-MM-DD, this ensures correctly
tiered dates that are stored in the right order. The way you store data and the way you display it should be kept as two seperate entities. This is the ISO standard and has been thoroughly investigated ...alot to say the least. This is where the term "front-end"
and "back-end" developers come from, and also the distinction between server-side and client-side scripting.
To cut a long story short, take the advice of the multiple professionals here, and follow standards otherwise you'll find yourself stuck, or worse, your legacy code will make someone tear their hair out.