Report for InstallDate of Security Updates on a specific computer

Hello everyone!
There is a way to show the installation date of security updates installed on a specific computer ?
For listing all updates I found in ConfigMgr reports under "Software Updates - A. Compliance" a report: "Compliance 6 - Specific Computer" but the problem is that when is listed in web reports this doesn't contain a column with installation date. I tried
to modify it to add another column, but my knowledge in ms sql is very poor.
Can you help me to modify the code below and add the Install Date column for the security updates?
declare @RscID int; 
select @RscID=ResourceID from v_R_System where ((Name0 = @MachineName) and (Active0 = 1));
select 
catinfo.CategoryInstanceName as Vendor,
catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName as UpdateClassification,
            ui.BulletinID as BulletinID,
            ui.ArticleID as ArticleID,
            ui.Title as Title,            
            Targeted=(case when ctm.ResourceID is not null then '*' else '' end),
            Installed=(case when css.Status=3 then '*' else '' end),
            IsRequired=(case when css.Status=2 then '*' else '' end),
            Deadline=cdl.Deadline,
            ui.CI_UniqueID as UniqueUpdateID,
ui.InfoURL as InformationURL
from v_UpdateComplianceStatus css
join v_UpdateInfo ui on ui.CI_ID=css.CI_ID
join v_CICategories_All catall on catall.CI_ID=ui.CI_ID 
join v_CategoryInfo catinfo on catall.CategoryInstance_UniqueID = catinfo.CategoryInstance_UniqueID and catinfo.CategoryTypeName='Company' 
join v_CICategories_All catall2 on catall2.CI_ID=ui.CI_ID 
join v_CategoryInfo catinfo2 on catall2.CategoryInstance_UniqueID = catinfo2.CategoryInstance_UniqueID and catinfo2.CategoryTypeName='UpdateClassification' 
left join v_CITargetedMachines ctm on ctm.CI_ID=css.CI_ID and ctm.ResourceID = @RscID
left join (
                        select atc.CI_ID, Deadline=min(a.EnforcementDeadline) from v_CIAssignment a
                        join v_CIAssignmentToCI atc on atc.AssignmentID=a.AssignmentID
                        group by atc.CI_ID) cdl   on cdl.CI_ID=css.CI_ID
where  css.ResourceID = @RscID 
and ((css.Status=2) or (css.Status=3))
and (@Vendor = '' or catinfo.CategoryInstanceName = @Vendor)
and (@UpdateClass = '' or catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName = @UpdateClass)
order by catinfo.CategoryInstanceName, catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName, ui.ArticleID
And maybe you have some link to ms sql tutorials and links to the free sql editing tools. 
Another question: Is possible to find when a sccm client comunicate for the first time with the server?(Different from the installation date)
Thanks in advance. Good day!

Emilian, not sure if you found an answer to this yet but I think this will give you what you need.  LastStatusChangeTime is essentially the InstallDate if the patch was actually installed.  If it was never installed, it will give you
the last time the update scan was run.
select
catinfo
.CategoryInstanceName
as Vendor,
catinfo2
.CategoryInstanceName
as UpdateClassification,
ui
.BulletinID
as BulletinID,
ui
.ArticleID
as ArticleID,
ui
.Title
as Title,
Targeted
=(case
when ctm.ResourceID
is
not
null
then
else
end),
Installed
=(case
when css.Status=3
then
else
end),
IsRequired
=(case
when css.Status=2
then
else
end),
UCSA
.LastStatusChangeTime,
Deadline
=cdl.Deadline,
ui
.CI_UniqueID
as UniqueUpdateID,
ui
.InfoURL
as InformationURL
from
v_UpdateComplianceStatus css
join
v_UpdateInfo ui on ui.CI_ID=css.CI_ID
join
v_CICategories_All catall on catall.CI_ID=ui.CI_ID
join
v_CategoryInfo catinfo on catall.CategoryInstance_UniqueID
= catinfo.CategoryInstance_UniqueID
and catinfo.CategoryTypeName='Company'
join
v_CICategories_All catall2 on catall2.CI_ID=ui.CI_ID
join
v_CategoryInfo catinfo2 on catall2.CategoryInstance_UniqueID
= catinfo2.CategoryInstance_UniqueID
and catinfo2.CategoryTypeName='UpdateClassification'
left
join v_Update_ComplianceStatusAll UCSA
on css.CI_ID=UCSA.CI_ID
and css.ResourceID=UCSA.ResourceID
left
join v_CITargetedMachines ctm
on ctm.CI_ID=css.CI_ID
and ctm.ResourceID
= @RscID
left
join
select atc.CI_ID,
Deadline=min(a.EnforcementDeadline)
from v_CIAssignment a
join v_CIAssignmentToCI atc
on atc.AssignmentID=a.AssignmentID
group
by atc.CI_ID)
cdl on cdl.CI_ID=css.CI_ID
where
css.ResourceID
= @RscID
and
((css.Status=2)
or
(css.Status=3
and
(@Vendor
=
or catinfo.CategoryInstanceName
= @Vendor
and
(@UpdateClass
=
or catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName
= @UpdateClass
order
by catinfo.CategoryInstanceName,
catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName,
ui.ArticleID

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