How do I display todays date on SSRS report?

17
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I want to show up Todays date as report generated date on SSRS report.

How can i do that ?

should I use any variable ?

please help me I'm newbie to SSRS.

For example refer this image: enter image description here

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sqlssrs-2008reporting-services

8 Answers

24
votes

date column 1: 

=formatdatetime(today)
16
votes

Try this:

=FORMAT(Cdate(today), "dd-MM-yyyy")

or 

=FORMAT(Cdate(today), "MM-dd-yyyy")

or 

=FORMAT(Cdate(today), "yyyy-MM-dd")

or 

=Report Generation Date: " & FORMAT(Cdate(today), "dd-MM-yyyy")

You should format the date in the same format your customer (internal or external) wants to see the date. For example In one of my servers it is running on American date format (MM-dd-yyyy) and on my reports I must ensure the dates displayed are European (yyyy-MM-dd).

11
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You can also drag and drop "Execution Time" item from Built-in Fields list.

9
votes

to display date and time, try this:

=Format(Now(), "dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm tt")
4
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You can place a text-box to the report and add an expression with the following value in it:

="Report generation date:  " & Format(Globals!ExecutionTime,"dd/MM/yyyy  h:mm:ss tt" )
3
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In the text box that contains the header, you can use an expression to get the date. Try something like 

    ="Report Generation Date: " & Today()

right click in the text box in the layout view. At the bottom of the list you'll see the expression option. There you will be able to enter the code. This option will allow you to avoid adding a second textbox.

2
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Just simple use 

=Format(today(), "dd/MM/yyyy")

will solve your problem.

0
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  1. Inset Test box in the design area of the SSRS report.
  2. Right-click on the Textbox and scroll down and click on the Expression tab
  3. just type the given expression in the expression area: =format(Today,"dd/MM/yyyy")