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skillile
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2004-12-27 : 11:05:54
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| what is a good way to round up minutes to half or whole hours.ie.select getutcdate() produces'12-27-2004 15:37:00'need to read '12-27-2004 16:00:00'or'12-27-2004 15:17:00'need to read '12-27-2004 15:30:00'or'12-27-2004 23:47:00'need to read '12-28-2004 00:00:00'slow down to move faster... |
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derrickleggett
Pointy Haired Yak DBA
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Posted - 2004-12-27 : 14:14:54
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| You will need to write or find a custom date function for this. You will need a CASE statement to find your position, then build a date string based on datepart and your rounding logic. Make sense?MeanOldDBAderrickleggett@hotmail.comWhen life gives you a lemon, fire the DBA. |
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jen
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2004-12-28 : 02:49:17
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| declare @date datetimeset @date='12-27-2004 23:47:00'select case when datepart(minute,@date)>30 then dateadd(minute,60-datepart(minute,@date),@date) when datepart(minute,@date)>0 then dateadd(minute,30-datepart(minute,@date),@date) endwill this do? it 'ceilings' to 30 minutes--------------------keeping it simple... |
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date rounding