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dainova
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31 Posts

Posted - 2009-07-30 : 12:17:18

Hi, all
in input I have date-time string as <20090728103455> (i.e 7/28/09 10:34:55). How I can format it before doing insert into db table with column defined as <datetime>.

I assume that native format for datetime is <2007-10-28 22:11:19.7030000>.

Thanks
Dai

Lamprey
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

4614 Posts

Posted - 2009-07-30 : 12:30:52

SELECT CAST(STUFF(STUFF(STUFF('20090728103455', 9, 0, ' '), 12, 0, ':'), 15, 0, ':') AS DATETIME)

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2009-07-30 : 12:37:49

Datetime does not have a format.

You just have to convert the string into something that SQL Server can figure out how to convert to datetime, like the following example.
Example: 20090728 10:34:55

select	[Date] =
	convert(datetime,
	stuff(stuff(stuff(
	'20090728103455'
	,13,0,':')
	,11,0,':')
	,9,0,' ')
	)

Results:

Date
------------------------
2009-07-28 10:34:55.000

(1 row(s) affected)

CODO ERGO SUM

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2009-07-30 : 12:41:15

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Looks familiar

Brett

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dainova
Starting Member

31 Posts

Posted - 2009-07-30 : 16:11:38

Thanks, all guys

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2009-07-30 : 16:30:21

Try this


SELECT 
		CASE 
		  WHEN ISDATE(CAST(STUFF(STUFF(STUFF('20090728103455', 9, 0, ' '), 12, 0, ':'), 15, 0, ':') AS DATETIME))= 1
		  THEN CAST(STUFF(STUFF(STUFF('20090728103455', 9, 0, ' '), 12, 0, ':'), 15, 0, ':') AS DATETIME)
		  ELSE 0
		END

Brett

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