Step1: Select any Date column into answers next Clck on column properties
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwoj5RU1c5iFqhM-BYt7n7gTB7tTDa4ctDVvF6nSmYakavwtR-5zlCpeyV-wfCmZlWWkTgjnzF8nrQgrNYWVhTHXkzlhCcVQLhq5vmdUDi2Kw_DqbTFxxM_I1j8DT29EZrCH_zqyABak/s200/Col+properties.JPG)
Step2: Next select the Data Format tab (3rd one) Check in the Override the Default Data Format here u can select any format or select Custom
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBE4W1WBRwiIZnoTH6K6NlpztBOHv-c6Ff16Hin86Ez7XllgMUJz7gjLvdhoTrPzbSAtYeCbeYQnmJma3HMU-wL12jnQ_svkPjzguuzErDaKbKy5SVKro-zF5MxqEM3nTYZDA5f2Lk3c/s200/Data+Format.JPG)
Step3: Here i am changing date format to MONTHNAME-YY(January-10)
![](http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2196/customformat.jpg)
Step4: In the below picture first column is the normal format and next column is custom one (MMMM-YY)
![](http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9941/finaloutput.jpg)
NOTE: We can use this to elimate the CAST function used to convert the timestamp to Date format.
Step2: Next select the Data Format tab (3rd one) Check in the Override the Default Data Format here u can select any format or select Custom
Step3: Here i am changing date format to MONTHNAME-YY(January-10)
![](http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2196/customformat.jpg)
Step4: In the below picture first column is the normal format and next column is custom one (MMMM-YY)
![](http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9941/finaloutput.jpg)
NOTE: We can use this to elimate the CAST function used to convert the timestamp to Date format.