--TEST--
retrieves dates as strings by specifying UTF-8 when fetching the string.
--SKIPIF--
<?php require('skipif.inc'); ?>
--FILE--
<?php
require('connect.inc');
$connectionInfo = array( "Database"=>"$databaseName", "UID"=>"$uid", "PWD"=>"$pwd", "ReturnDatesAsStrings" => false);
$conn = sqlsrv_connect( $server, $connectionInfo);


if( $conn === false ) {
   echo "Could not connect.\n";
   die( print_r( sqlsrv_errors(), true));
}

$tsql = "SELECT VersionDate FROM AWBuildVersion";

$stmt = sqlsrv_query( $conn, $tsql);

if ( $stmt === false ) {
   echo "Error in statement preparation/execution.\n";
   die( print_r( sqlsrv_errors(), true));
}

sqlsrv_fetch( $stmt );

// retrieve date as string
$date = sqlsrv_get_field( $stmt, 0, SQLSRV_PHPTYPE_STRING("UTF-8"));

if( $date === false ) {
   die( print_r( sqlsrv_errors(), true ));
}

echo $date;

sqlsrv_close( $conn);
?>
--EXPECTREGEX--
2014-02-20 04:26:00.000|2017-08-22 19:39:35.643