22/08/2011 | jiangws2002 How to format datetime & date in Sql Server 2005 June 11, 2009 — Anubhav Goyal Execute the following Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL datetime and date formatting scripts in Management Studio Query Editor to demonstrate the multitude of temporal data formats available in SQL Server. First we start with the conversion options available for sql datetime formats with century (YYYY or CCYY format). Subtracting 100 from the Style (format) number will transform dates without century (YY). For example Style 103 is with century, Style 3 is without century. The default Style values – Style 0 or 100, 9 or 109, 13 or 113, 20 or 120, and 21 or 121 – always return the century (yyyy) format. – Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL date and datetime formats – Date time formats – mssql datetime – MSSQL getdate returns current system date and time in standard internal format SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 100) – mon dd yyyy hh:mmAM (or PM) – Oct 2 2008 11:01AM SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 101) – mm/dd/yyyy – 10/02/2008 SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 102) – yyyy.mm.dd – 2008.10.02 SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 103) – dd/mm/yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 104) – dd.mm.yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 105) – dd-mm-yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 106) – dd mon yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 107) – mon dd, yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 108) – hh:mm:ss SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 109) – mon dd yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmmAM (or PM) – Oct 2 2008 11:02:44:013AM SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 110) – mm-dd-yyyy SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 111) – yyyy/mm/dd SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 112) – yyyymmdd SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 113) – dd mon yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmm – 02 Oct 2008 11:02:07:577 SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 114) – hh:mm:ss:mmm(24h) SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 120) – yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss(24h) SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 121) – yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.mmm SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 126) – yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.mmm – 2008-10-02T10:52:47.513 – SQL create different date styles with t-sql string functions SELECT replace(convert(varchar, getdate(), 111), ‘/’, ‘ ‘) – yyyy mm dd SELECT convert(varchar(7), getdate(), 126) – yyyy-mm SELECT right(convert(varchar, getdate(), 106), 8) – mon yyyy ———— – SQL Server date formatting function – convert datetime to string ———— – SQL datetime functions – SQL Server date formats – T-SQL convert dates – Formatting dates sql server CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fnFormatDate(@Datetime DATETIME, @FormatMask VARCHAR(32)) RETURNS VARCHAR(32) AS BEGIN DECLARE @StringDate VARCHAR(32) SET @StringDate = @FormatMask IF (CHARINDEX (‘YYYY’,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, ‘YYYY’, DATENAME(YY, @Datetime)) IF (CHARINDEX (‘YY’,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, ‘YY’, RIGHT(DATENAME(YY, @Datetime),2)) IF (CHARINDEX (‘Month’,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, ‘Month’, DATENAME(MM, @Datetime)) IF (CHARINDEX (‘MON’,@StringDate COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS)>0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, ‘MON’, LEFT(UPPER(DATENAME(MM, @Datetime)),3)) IF (CHARINDEX (‘Mon’,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, ‘Mon’, LEFT(DATENAME(MM, @Datetime),3)) IF (CHARINDEX (‘MM’,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, ‘MM’, RIGHT(’0′+CONVERT(VARCHAR,DATEPART(MM, @Datetime)),2)) IF (CHARINDEX (‘M’,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, ‘M’, CONVERT(VARCHAR,DATEPART(MM, @Datetime))) IF (CHARINDEX (‘DD’,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, ‘DD’, RIGHT(’0′+DATENAME(DD, @Datetime),2)) IF (CHARINDEX (‘D’,@StringDate) > 0) SET @StringDate = REPLACE(@StringDate, ‘D’, DATENAME(DD, @Datetime)) RETURN @StringDate END GO – Microsoft SQL Server date format function test – MSSQL formatting dates SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘MM/DD/YYYY’) – 01/03/2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘DD/MM/YYYY’) – 03/01/2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘M/DD/YYYY’) – 1/03/2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘M/D/YYYY’) – 1/3/2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘M/D/YY’) – 1/3/12 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘MM/DD/YY’) – 01/03/12 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘MON DD, YYYY’) – JAN 03, 2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘Mon DD, YYYY’) – Jan 03, 2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘Month DD, YYYY’) – January 03, 2012 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘YYYY/MM/DD’) – 2012/01/03 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘YYYYMMDD’) – 20120103 SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (getdate(), ‘YYYY-MM-DD’) – 2012-01-03 – CURRENT_TIMESTAMP returns current system date and time in standard internal format SELECT dbo.fnFormatDate (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,‘YY.MM.DD’) – 12.01.03 GO ———— /***** SELECTED SQL DATE/DATETIME FORMATS WITH NAMES *****/ – SQL format datetime – Default format: Oct 23 2006 10:40AM SELECT [Default]=CONVERT(varchar,GETDATE(),100) – US-Style format: 10/23/2006 SELECT [US-Style]=CONVERT(char,GETDATE(),101) – ANSI format: 2006.10.23 SELECT [ANSI]=CONVERT(char,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,102) – UK-Style format: 23/10/2006 SELECT [UK-Style]=CONVERT(char,GETDATE(),103) – German format: 23.10.2006 SELECT [German]=CONVERT(varchar,GETDATE(),104) – ISO format: 20061023 SELECT ISO=CONVERT(varchar,GETDATE(),112) – ISO8601 format: 2008-10-23T19:20:16.003 SELECT [ISO8601]=CONVERT(varchar,GETDATE(),126) ———— – SQL Server datetime formats – Century date format MM/DD/YYYY usage in a query – Format dates SQL Server 2005 SELECT TOP (1) SalesOrderID, OrderDate = CONVERT(char(10), OrderDate, 101), OrderDateTime = OrderDate FROM AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderHeader /* Result SalesOrderID OrderDate OrderDateTime 43697 07/01/2001 2001-07-01 00:00:00.000 */ – SQL update datetime column – SQL datetime DATEADD UPDATE Production.Product SET ModifiedDate=DATEADD(dd,1, ModifiedDate) WHERE ProductID = 1001 – MM/DD/YY date format – Datetime format sql SELECT TOP (1) SalesOrderID, OrderDate = CONVERT(varchar(8), OrderDate, 1), OrderDateTime = OrderDate FROM AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderHeader ORDER BY SalesOrderID desc /* Result SalesOrderID OrderDate OrderDateTime 75123 07/31/04 2004-07-31 00:00:00.000 */ – Combining different style formats for date & time – Datetime formats – Datetime formats sql DECLARE @Date DATETIME SET @Date = ’2015-12-22 03:51 PM’ SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(10),@Date,110) + SUBSTRING(CONVERT(varchar,@Date,0),12,8) – Result: 12-22-2015 3:51PM – Microsoft SQL Server cast datetime to string SELECT stringDateTime=CAST (getdate() as varchar) – Result: Dec 29 2012 3:47AM ———— – SQL Server date and time functions overview ———— – SQL Server CURRENT_TIMESTAMP function – SQL Server datetime functions – local NYC – EST – Eastern Standard Time zone – SQL DATEADD function – SQL DATEDIFF function SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP – 2012-01-05 07:02:10.577 – SQL Server DATEADD function SELECT DATEADD(month,2,’2012-12-09′) – 2013-02-09 00:00:00.000 – SQL Server DATEDIFF function SELECT DATEDIFF(day,’2012-12-09′,’2013-02-09′) – 62 – SQL Server DATENAME function SELECT DATENAME(month, ’2012-12-09′) – December SELECT DATENAME(weekday, ’2012-12-09′) – Sunday – SQL Server DATEPART function SELECT DATEPART(month, ’2012-12-09′) – 12 – SQL Server DAY function SELECT DAY(’2012-12-09′) – 9 – SQL Server GETDATE function – local NYC – EST – Eastern Standard Time zone SELECT GETDATE() – 2012-01-05 07:02:10.577 – SQL Server GETUTCDATE function – London – Greenwich Mean Time SELECT GETUTCDATE() – 2012-01-05 12:02:10.577 – SQL Server MONTH function SELECT MONTH(’2012-12-09′) – 12 – SQL Server YEAR function SELECT YEAR(’2012-12-09′) – 2012 ———— – T-SQL Date and time function application – CURRENT_TIMESTAMP and getdate() are the same in T-SQL ———— – SQL first day of the month – SQL first date of the month – SQL first day of current month – 2012-01-01 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(dd,0,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP),0)) – SQL last day of the month – SQL last date of the month – SQL last day of current month – 2012-01-31 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(dd,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)+1,0)) – SQL first day of last month – SQL first day of previous month – 2011-12-01 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(mm,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP),0)) – SQL last day of last month – SQL last day of previous month – 2011-12-31 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(dd,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,DATEADD(MM,-1,GETDATE()))+1,0)) – SQL first day of next month – 2012-02-01 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(mm,1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP),0)) – SQL last day of next month – 2012-02-28 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(dd,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,DATEADD(MM,1,GETDATE()))+1,0)) GO – SQL first day of a month – 2012-10-01 00:00:00.000 DECLARE @Date datetime; SET @Date = ’2012-10-23′ SELECT DATEADD(dd,0,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,@Date),0)) GO – SQL last day of a month – 2012-03-31 00:00:00.000 DECLARE @Date datetime; SET @Date = ’2012-03-15′ SELECT DATEADD(dd,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,@Date)+1,0)) GO – SQL first day of year – SQL first day of the year – 2012-01-01 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(yy, DATEDIFF(yy,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP), 0) – SQL last day of year – SQL last day of the year – 2012-12-31 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(yy,1, DATEADD(dd, -1, DATEADD(yy, DATEDIFF(yy,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP), 0))) – SQL last day of last year – SQL last day of previous year – 2011-12-31 00:00:00.000 SELECT DATEADD(dd,-1,DATEADD(yy,DATEDIFF(yy,0,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP), 0)) GO – SQL calculate age in years, months, days – SQL table-valued function – SQL user-defined function – UDF – SQL Server age calculation – date difference – Format dates SQL Server 2008 USE AdventureWorks2008; GO CREATE FUNCTION fnAge (@BirthDate DATETIME) RETURNS @Age TABLE(Years INT, Months INT, Days INT) AS BEGIN DECLARE @EndDate DATETIME, @Anniversary DATETIME SET @EndDate = Getdate() SET @Anniversary = Dateadd(yy,Datediff(yy,@BirthDate,@EndDate),@BirthDate) INSERT @Age SELECT Datediff(yy,@BirthDate,@EndDate) – (CASE WHEN @Anniversary > @EndDate THEN 1 ELSE 0 END), 0, 0 UPDATE @Age SET Months = Month(@EndDate – @Anniversary) – 1 UPDATE @Age SET Days = Day(@EndDate – @Anniversary) – 1 RETURN END GO – Test table-valued UDF SELECT * FROM fnAge(’1956-10-23′) SELECT * FROM dbo.fnAge(’1956-10-23′) /* Results Years Months Days 52 4 1 */ ———- – SQL date range between ———- – SQL between dates USE AdventureWorks; – SQL between SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE OrderDate BETWEEN ’20040301′ AND ’20040315′ – Result: 108 – BETWEEN operator is equivalent to >=…AND….<= SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE OrderDate BETWEEN ’2004-03-01 00:00:00.000′ AND ’2004-03-15 00:00:00.000′ /* Orders with OrderDates ’2004-03-15 00:00:01.000′ – 1 second after midnight (12:00AM) ’2004-03-15 00:01:00.000′ – 1 minute after midnight ’2004-03-15 01:00:00.000′ – 1 hour after midnight are not included in the two queries above. */ – To include the entire day of 2004-03-15 use the following two solutions SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE OrderDate >= ’20040301′ AND OrderDate < ’20040316′ – SQL between with DATE type (SQL Server 2008) SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE CONVERT(DATE, OrderDate) BETWEEN ’20040301′ AND ’20040315′ ———- – Non-standard format conversion: 2011 December 14 – SQL datetime to string SELECT [YYYY Month DD] = CAST(YEAR(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR(4))+ ‘ ‘+ DATENAME(MM, GETDATE()) + ‘ ‘ + CAST(DAY(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR(2)) – Converting datetime to YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format: 20121214172638 SELECT replace(convert(varchar, getdate(),111),‘/’,”) + replace(convert(varchar, getdate(),108),‘:’,”) – Datetime custom format conversion to YYYY_MM_DD select CurrentDate=rtrim(year(getdate())) + ‘_’ + right(’0′ + rtrim(month(getdate())),2) + ‘_’ + right(’0′ + rtrim(day(getdate())),2) – Converting seconds to HH:MM:SS format declare @Seconds int set @Seconds = 10000 select TimeSpan=right(’0′ +rtrim(@Seconds / 3600),2) + ‘:’ + right(’0′ + rtrim((@Seconds % 3600) / 60),2) + ‘:’ + right(’0′ + rtrim(@Seconds % 60),2) – Result: 02:46:40 – Test result select 2*3600 + 46*60 + 40 – Result: 10000 – Set the time portion of a datetime value to 00:00:00.000 – SQL strip time from date – SQL strip time from datetime SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ,DATEADD(dd, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP), 0) – Results: 2014-01-23 05:35:52.793 2014-01-23 00:00:00.000 /******* VALID DATE RANGES FOR DATE/DATETIME DATA TYPES SMALLDATETIME date range: January 1, 1900 through June 6, 2079 DATETIME date range: January 1, 1753 through December 31, 9999 DATETIME2 date range (SQL Server 2008): January 1,1 AD through December 31, 9999 AD DATE date range (SQL Server 2008): January 1, 1 AD through December 31, 9999 AD *******/ – Selecting with CONVERT into different styles – Note: Only Japan & ISO styles can be used in ORDER BY SELECT TOP(1) Italy = CONVERT(varchar, OrderDate, 105) , USA = CONVERT(varchar, OrderDate, 110) , Japan = CONVERT(varchar, OrderDate, 111) , ISO = CONVERT(varchar, OrderDate, 112) FROM AdventureWorks.Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader ORDER BY PurchaseOrderID DESC /* Results Italy USA Japan ISO 25-07-2004 07-25-2004 2004/07/25 20040725 */ – SQL Server convert date to integer DECLARE @Datetime datetime SET @Datetime = ’2012-10-23 10:21:05.345′ SELECT DateAsInteger = CAST (CONVERT(varchar,@Datetime,112) as INT) – Result: 20121023 – SQL Server convert integer to datetime DECLARE @intDate int SET @intDate = 20120315 SELECT IntegerToDatetime = CAST(CAST(@intDate as varchar) as datetime) – Result: 2012-03-15 00:00:00.000 ———— – SQL Server CONVERT script applying table INSERT/UPDATE ———— – SQL Server convert date – Datetime column is converted into date only string column USE tempdb; GO CREATE TABLE sqlConvertDateTime ( DatetimeCol datetime, DateCol char(8)); INSERT sqlConvertDateTime (DatetimeCol) SELECT GETDATE() UPDATE sqlConvertDateTime SET DateCol = CONVERT(char(10), DatetimeCol, 112) SELECT * FROM sqlConvertDateTime – SQL Server convert datetime – The string date column is converted into datetime column UPDATE sqlConvertDateTime SET DatetimeCol = CONVERT(Datetime, DateCol, 112) SELECT * FROM sqlConvertDateTime – Adding a day to the converted datetime column with DATEADD UPDATE sqlConvertDateTime SET DatetimeCol = DATEADD(day, 1, CONVERT(Datetime, DateCol, 112)) SELECT * FROM sqlConvertDateTime – Equivalent formulation – SQL Server cast datetime UPDATE sqlConvertDateTime SET DatetimeCol = DATEADD(dd, 1, CAST(DateCol AS datetime)) SELECT * FROM sqlConvertDateTime GO DROP TABLE sqlConvertDateTime GO /* First results DatetimeCol DateCol 2014-12-25 16:04:15.373 20141225 */ /* Second results: DatetimeCol DateCol 2014-12-25 00:00:00.000 20141225 */ /* Third results: DatetimeCol DateCol 2014-12-26 00:00:00.000 20141225 */ ———— – SQL month sequence – SQL date sequence generation with table variable – SQL Server cast string to datetime – SQL Server cast datetime to string – SQL Server insert default values method DECLARE @Sequence table (Sequence int identity(1,1)) DECLARE @i int; SET @i = 0 DECLARE @StartDate datetime; SET @StartDate = CAST(CONVERT(varchar, year(getdate()))+ RIGHT(’0′+convert(varchar,month(getdate())),2) + ’01′ AS DATETIME) WHILE ( @i < 120) BEGIN INSERT @Sequence DEFAULT VALUES SET @i = @i + 1 END SELECT MonthSequence = CAST(DATEADD(month, Sequence,@StartDate) AS varchar) FROM @Sequence GO /* Partial results: MonthSequence Jan 1 2012 12:00AM Feb 1 2012 12:00AM Mar 1 2012 12:00AM Apr 1 2012 12:00AM */ ———— ———— – SQL Server Server datetime internal storage – SQL Server datetime formats ———— – SQL Server datetime to hex SELECT Now=CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, HexNow=CAST(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS BINARY(8)) /* Results Now HexNow 2009-01-02 17:35:59.297 0x00009B850122092D */ – SQL Server date part – left 4 bytes – Days since 1900-01-01 SELECT Now=DATEADD(DAY, CONVERT(INT, 0x00009B85), ’19000101′) GO – Result: 2009-01-02 00:00:00.000 – SQL time part – right 4 bytes – milliseconds since midnight – 1000/300 is an adjustment factor – SQL dateadd to Midnight SELECT Now=DATEADD(MS, (1000.0/300)* CONVERT(BIGINT, 0x0122092D), ’2009-01-02′) GO – Result: 2009-01-02 17:35:59.290 ———— ———— – String date and datetime date&time columns usage – SQL Server datetime formats in tables ———— USE tempdb; SET NOCOUNT ON; – SQL Server select into table create SELECT TOP (5) FullName=convert(nvarchar(50),FirstName+‘ ‘+LastName), BirthDate = CONVERT(char(8), BirthDate,112), ModifiedDate = getdate() INTO Employee FROM AdventureWorks.HumanResources.Employee e INNER JOIN AdventureWorks.Person.Contact c ON c.ContactID = e.ContactID ORDER BY EmployeeID GO – SQL Server alter table ALTER TABLE Employee ALTER COLUMN FullName nvarchar(50) NOT NULL GO ALTER TABLE Employee ADD CONSTRAINT [PK_Employee] PRIMARY KEY (FullName ) GO /* Results Table definition for the Employee table Note: BirthDate is string date (only) CREATE TABLE dbo.Employee( FullName nvarchar(50) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, BirthDate char(8) NULL, ModifiedDate datetime NOT NULL ) */ SELECT * FROM Employee ORDER BY FullName GO /* Results FullName BirthDate ModifiedDate Guy Gilbert 19720515 2009-01-03 10:10:19.217 Kevin Brown 19770603 2009-01-03 10:10:19.217 Rob Walters 19650123 2009-01-03 10:10:19.217 Roberto Tamburello 19641213 2009-01-03 10:10:19.217 Thierry D’Hers 19490829 2009-01-03 10:10:19.217 */ – SQL Server age SELECT FullName, Age = DATEDIFF(YEAR, BirthDate, GETDATE()), RowMaintenanceDate = CAST (ModifiedDate AS varchar) FROM Employee ORDER BY FullName GO /* Results FullName Age RowMaintenanceDate Guy Gilbert 37 Jan 3 2009 10:10AM Kevin Brown 32 Jan 3 2009 10:10AM Rob Walters 44 Jan 3 2009 10:10AM Roberto Tamburello 45 Jan 3 2009 10:10AM Thierry D’Hers 60 Jan 3 2009 10:10AM */ – SQL Server age of Rob Walters on specific dates – SQL Server string to datetime implicit conversion with DATEADD SELECT AGE50DATE = DATEADD(YY, 50, ’19650123′) GO – Result: 2015-01-23 00:00:00.000 – SQL Server datetime to string, Italian format for ModifiedDate – SQL Server string to datetime implicit conversion with DATEDIFF SELECT FullName, AgeDEC31 = DATEDIFF(YEAR, BirthDate, ’20141231′), AgeJAN01 = DATEDIFF(YEAR, BirthDate, ’20150101′), AgeJAN23 = DATEDIFF(YEAR, BirthDate, ’20150123′), AgeJAN24 = DATEDIFF(YEAR, BirthDate, ’20150124′), ModDate = CONVERT(varchar, ModifiedDate, 105) FROM Employee WHERE FullName = ‘Rob Walters’ ORDER BY FullName GO /* Results Important Note: age increments on Jan 1 (not as commonly calculated) FullName AgeDEC31 AgeJAN01 AgeJAN23 AgeJAN24 ModDate Rob Walters 49 50 50 50 03-01-2009 */ ———— – SQL combine integer date & time into datetime ———— – Datetime format sql – SQL stuff DECLARE @DateTimeAsINT TABLE ( ID int identity(1,1) primary key, DateAsINT int, TimeAsINT int ) – NOTE: leading zeroes in time is for readability only! INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 235959) INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 010204) INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 002350) INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 000244) INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 000050) INSERT @DateTimeAsINT (DateAsINT, TimeAsINT) VALUES (20121023, 000006) SELECT DateAsINT, TimeAsINT, CONVERT(datetime, CONVERT(varchar(8), DateAsINT) + ‘ ‘+ STUFF(STUFF ( RIGHT(REPLICATE(’0′, 6) + CONVERT(varchar(6), TimeAsINT), 6), 3, 0, ‘:’), 6, 0, ‘:’)) AS DateTimeValue FROM @DateTimeAsINT ORDER BY ID GO /* Results DateAsINT TimeAsINT DateTimeValue 20121023 235959 2012-10-23 23:59:59.000 20121023 10204 2012-10-23 01:02:04.000 20121023 2350 2012-10-23 00:23:50.000 20121023 244 2012-10-23 00:02:44.000 20121023 50 2012-10-23 00:00:50.000 20121023 6 2012-10-23 00:00:06.000 */ ———— – SQL Server string to datetime, implicit conversion with assignment UPDATE Employee SET ModifiedDate = ’20150123′ WHERE FullName = ‘Rob Walters’ GO SELECT ModifiedDate FROM Employee WHERE FullName = ‘Rob Walters’ GO – Result: 2015-01-23 00:00:00.000 /* SQL string date, assemble string date from datetime parts */ – SQL Server cast string to datetime – sql convert string date – SQL Server number to varchar conversion – SQL Server leading zeroes for month and day – SQL Server right string function UPDATE Employee SET BirthDate = CONVERT(char(4),YEAR(CAST(’1965-01-23′ as DATETIME)))+ RIGHT(’0′+CONVERT(varchar,MONTH(CAST(’1965-01-23′ as DATETIME))),2)+ RIGHT(’0′+CONVERT(varchar,DAY(CAST(’1965-01-23′ as DATETIME))),2) WHERE FullName = ‘Rob Walters’ GO SELECT BirthDate FROM Employee WHERE FullName = ‘Rob Walters’ GO – Result: 19650123 – Perform cleanup action DROP TABLE Employee – SQL nocount SET NOCOUNT OFF; GO ———— ———— – sql isdate function ———— USE tempdb; – sql newid – random sort SELECT top(3) SalesOrderID, stringOrderDate = CAST (OrderDate AS varchar) INTO DateValidation FROM AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderHeader ORDER BY NEWID() GO SELECT * FROM DateValidation /* Results SalesOrderID stringOrderDate 56720 Oct 26 2003 12:00AM 73737 Jun 25 2004 12:00AM 70573 May 14 2004 12:00AM */ – SQL update with top UPDATE TOP(1) DateValidation SET stringOrderDate = ‘Apb 29 2004 12:00AM’ GO – SQL string to datetime fails without validation SELECT SalesOrderID, OrderDate = CAST (stringOrderDate as datetime) FROM DateValidation GO /* Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value. */ – sql isdate – filter for valid dates SELECT SalesOrderID, OrderDate = CAST (stringOrderDate as datetime) FROM DateValidation WHERE ISDATE(stringOrderDate) = 1 GO /* Results SalesOrderID OrderDate 73737 2004-06-25 00:00:00.000 70573 2004-05-14 00:00:00.000 */ – SQL drop table DROP TABLE DateValidation Go ———— – SELECT between two specified dates – assumption TIME part is 00:00:00.000 ———— – SQL datetime between – SQL select between two dates SELECT EmployeeID, RateChangeDate FROM AdventureWorks.HumanResources.EmployeePayHistory WHERE RateChangeDate >= ’1997-11-01′ AND RateChangeDate < DATEADD(dd,1,’1998-01-05′) GO /* Results EmployeeID RateChangeDate 3 1997-12-12 00:00:00.000 4 1998-01-05 00:00:00.000 */ /* Equivalent to – SQL datetime range SELECT EmployeeID, RateChangeDate FROM AdventureWorks.HumanResources.EmployeePayHistory WHERE RateChangeDate >= ’1997-11-01 00:00:00′ AND RateChangeDate < ’1998-01-06 00:00:00′ GO */ ———— – SQL datetime language setting – SQL Nondeterministic function usage – result varies with language settings SET LANGUAGE ‘us_english’; –– Jan 12 2015 12:00AM SELECT US = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,’01/12/2015′)); SET LANGUAGE ‘British’; –– Dec 1 2015 12:00AM SELECT UK = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,’01/12/2015′)); SET LANGUAGE ‘German’; –– Dez 1 2015 12:00AM SET LANGUAGE ‘Deutsch’; –– Dez 1 2015 12:00AM SELECT Germany = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,’01/12/2015′)); SET LANGUAGE ‘French’; –– déc 1 2015 12:00AM SELECT France = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,’01/12/2015′)); SET LANGUAGE ‘Spanish’; –– Dic 1 2015 12:00AM SELECT Spain = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,’01/12/2015′)); SET LANGUAGE ‘Hungarian’; –– jan 12 2015 12:00AM SELECT Hungary = convert(VARCHAR,convert(DATETIME,’01/12/2015′)); SET LANGUAGE ‘us_english’; GO ———— ———— – Function for Monday dates calculation ———— USE AdventureWorks2008; GO – SQL user-defined function – SQL scalar function – UDF CREATE FUNCTION fnMondayDate (@Year INT, @Month INT, @MondayOrdinal INT) RETURNS DATETIME AS BEGIN DECLARE @FirstDayOfMonth CHAR(10), @SeedDate CHAR(10) SET @FirstDayOfMonth = convert(VARCHAR,@Year) + ‘-’ + convert(VARCHAR,@Month) + ‘-01′ SET @SeedDate = ’1900-01-01′ RETURN DATEADD(DD,DATEDIFF(DD,@SeedDate,DATEADD(DD,(@MondayOrdinal * 7) – 1, @FirstDayOfMonth)) / 7 * 7, @SeedDate) END GO – Test Datetime UDF – Third Monday in Feb, 2015 SELECT dbo.fnMondayDate(2016,2,3) – 2015-02-16 00:00:00.000 – First Monday of current month SELECT dbo.fnMondayDate(Year(getdate()),Month(getdate()),1) – 2009-02-02 00:00:00.000 ———— reference <http://www.sqlusa.com/bestpractices2005/centurydateformat/>