ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.get_steps_detail
@proj_id int
AS
BEGIN
    SET NOCOUNT ON
    SELECT        step_date, step_stat
    FROM            steps_table
    WHERE proj_id = @proj_id ORDER BY step_num
END

Running [dbo].[get_steps_detail] ( @proj_id = 1 ).

step_date                      step_stat
------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------
2014-02-06 00:00:00.0000000    1
2014-01-30 00:00:00.0000000    1
2014-01-30 00:00:00.0000000    1
2014-01-30 00:00:00.0000000    1
No rows affected.
(4 row(s) returned)
@RETURN_VALUE = 0
Finished running [dbo].[get_steps_detail].

SELECT        step_date, step_stat
FROM            steps_table
WHERE        (proj_id = 1)
ORDER BY step_num

2/6/2014    1
1/30/2014   1
1/30/2014   1
1/30/2014   1

SELECT CAST(step_date AS DATE) ...

SELECT DATEPART(year, step_date) AS step_date_year, DATEPART(month, step_date) AS step_date_month, DATEPART(day, step_date) AS step_date_day

<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" ><%# Eval("step_date_year")%> - <%# Eval("step_date_month")%> - <%# Eval("step_date_day")%></asp:Label>