You can use T-SQL to explicitly set the date format of the current session by using the SET DATEFORMAT statement. You can change this so that the date format is dmy (or any other format) while the language remains us_english. For example, if your language is us_english, the date format will be mdy (so that represents the 1st of July and not the 7th of January). It does not affect the display of date data type values that are stored in the database or the storage format.ĭespite the fact that the your session’s language determines the date format, you can override the date format if required. The date format setting affects the interpretation of character strings as they are converted to date values for storage in the database. The default language for a session is the language for that session’s login, unless overridden on a per-session basis by using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) or OLE DB APIs. Open SQL server management studio, you will notice the SSMS dark theme has been applied.When you connect to SQL Server, usually the date format is determined by your language. Select the Dark color theme and click OK. Open the SSMS again and under General > Options you will find a new color theme “Dark”. Else you will not be able to save the changes to the file that you did. Note – You must run Notepad++ app as administrator and open the file. Add // to the beginning of very next line (see line 242 in the screenshot) and save the file. Right click ssms.pkgundef and edit with Notepad++. In case you are using SSMS 2016, the path is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio. The file path for S SMS 17 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio. On the machine where SSMS is installed, browse to the following location to change the configuration file ssms.pkgundef. Notice that under Tools > Options > General, the only two color themes available are Blue and Light.įirst of all close the SSMS before you do the changes. Not bad though, but let’s see how does it look when dark theme is enabled. When i connect to SQL server this is how my query window with light theme looks. I have got the SSMS 17.8.1 installed on my laptop. We will now see the steps to enable dark theme in SQL server management studio (SSMS).
Enable Dark Theme in SQL Server Management Studio That could be the reason why it’s disabled by default. I mean to say that after enabling dark theme, you will still notice white background in the Object Explorer, Output panes Results grid, etc. The dark color theme is not officially supported in SSMS because it doesn’t apply dark theme throughout the tool. This trick will add another color option called dark mode to the list. So if you are tired of seeing light background and would want to try out the SSMS dark theme, this post is for you. Probably you would know that SSMS 2016 and SSMS 17 supports only Blue and Light themes. If you are a person who works a lot on SQL, then I have got some cool trick for you guys. In one of my posts we also saw the steps to deploy SSMS using SCCM. The cool thing about SQL server management studio is you can connect to the SQL server without logging in to machine where SQL is installed. But you know what at times I need to run queries and get results from site database. While i don’t work much on SQL servers, my usual day involves working more on Configuration Manager. This post shows the steps to enable dark theme in SQL server management studio.