How can I convert varchar string to date?
select CONVERT(date,'23/12/2019')
avoiding the following error:
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string
Thanks
If you are using SQL Server (as suggested by the use of CONVERT() for this purpose), you can use CONVERT() with a third argument to specify DD/MM/YYYY format. That argument is 'DD/MM/YYYY'. No. Wait. That would be too sensible. You want:
select CONVERT(date, '23/12/2019', 103)
You are doing right except one thing which is missing from your statement and that is date_style similant.
select CONVERT(date, '23/12/2019', [put the similant here])
Example
select CONVERT(date, '23/12/2019', 110)
Result
2019-12-23
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I'm trying to parse certain columns into a date format and have had success doing so, but have run into an error due to inconsistency that lies in the data.
My date columns are currently integers in the form of YYYYMMDD, so I've used the following in the select statement to parse into dates:
CONVERT(datetime, CAST(date_column AS CHAR(8)), 112)
This works as expected, transforming my data into a YYYY-MM-DD format.
I run into the following error though:
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character
string.
After looking through the data a bit, it turns out I have some cases of inconsistent data values, such as -1 and 10630 instead of the expected YYYYMMDD value.
Do I just need to add a WHERE statement to only apply CONVERT and CAST to YYYYMMDD fields while filtering out fields with bad data? If so, how would I do this, or is there a better way?
Thanks in advance
Let me assume you are using SQL Server, based on the syntax of your SQL. You shouldn't actually need the 112. 'YYYYMMDD' is the default date format for SQL Server.
In any case, you can use TRY_CONVERT():
TRY_CONVERT(datetime, CAST(date_column AS CHAR(8)), 112)
This returns NULL if the value cannot be converted. You can find the offending values using:
select date_column
from t
where try_convert(datetime, cast(date_column as char(8)) is null and
date_column is not null;
Use Parse() or Try_parse()
select parse('22-JAN-1989' as date)
select parse('04-March-1992' as date)
select parse('03/10/2020' as date)
select parse('07-05-1958' as date)
select parse('Aug 25,2016' as date)
Every example above returns a valid date.
You can also add USING 'en-US' or such if you want a different culture.
If you are getting numeric values, and you know the starting date, use
select IsNull(try_parse('16500' as date),dateadd(d,cast('16500' as int),'1/1/1980'))
I'm using MS SQL server and I have a date field of type text. The dates stored there are in this format
2017-03-01T18:23:02+0700
I'm trying to convert this field in a datetime field but I fail. I have tried
CONVERT(datetimeoffset,date, 127)
CONVERT(datetime,date, 127)
CONVERT(datetime2,date, 127)
but I keep getting
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character
string.
I think the problem is that according to ISO8601 the time offset must be in the format hh:mm while mine is hhmm. I don't mind keeping only the date (yyyy-mm-dd) if it is more easy.
I have read similar question but none matches exactly my case and I can't figure out the solution.
Try this
Declare #dt varchar(50)
set #dt = '2017-03-01T18:23:02+0700'
select convert(datetime, replace(LEFT(#dt, LEN(#dt) - 1), '+', '.'), 126)
If you need only date part then you can use below query
SELECT CAST(LEFT('2017-03-01T18:23:02+0700',10) as DATE)
Use Below query to convert datetime :
SELECT CONVERT(DATETIME,REPLACE(REPLACE('2017-03-01T18:23:02+070','T','
'),'+','.'),103)
For DATE only use below query :
SELECT CONVERT(DATE,REPLACE(REPLACE('2017-03-01T18:23:02+010','T','
'),'+','.'),102)
It doesn't seem to work in both ways (both raise error):
SELECT CONVERT(datetime,'2017-03-01T18:23:02+0700',127)
SELECT CONVERT(datetime,'2017-03-01T18:23:02+07:00',127)
It seems that it works only specifying Z as time zone:
SELECT CONVERT(datetime,'2017-03-01T18:23:02Z',127)
This looks easy solution but I can't seem to figure out as to why this is not working for me. I have a column that has data like this:
DateField
----------
12/16/2016
11/06/2016
All I want to do is to convert from varchar into a date column, but I am getting this error:
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.
Here is my simple query:
select convert (date, DateField) as convertedField
from myTable
Nothing wrong with the two examples you have given. There are some bad dates in your table which cannot be converted to date.
Use TRY_CONVERT function for bad dates it will return NULL
select TRY_Convert(date,DateField)
From myTable
You should always store dates in DATE/DATETIME datatype.
If you want to see the records which cannot be converted to date then
select DateField
From myTable
Where TRY_Convert(date,DateField) IS NULL
If working with a specific date format like mm/dd/yyyy You can specify it in Convert() function like the following
CONVERT(DATETIME,DATAFIELD,101)
If it still is not working, use TRY_CONVERT() to get which rows are throwing this exception:
SELECT *
FROM TBL
WHERE TRY_CONVERT(DATETIME, DATAFIELD, 101) IS NULL
This will return rows that cannot be converted
TRY_CONVERT() will return NULL if conversion failed
Read more about DateTime formats here:
SQL Server CONVERT() Function tutorial
Read TRY_CONVERT MSDN Article
You need to specify the format of date time while formatting. The date in your table is currently in U.S format so you should pass the third argument 101 in your convert function.
SELECT CONVERT(date,[DateField],101) FROM myTable;
Working Fiddle here http://rextester.com/NYKR49788
More info about date time style here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187928.aspx
How can I convert this 201402110544 to date(2014-02-11) in SQL server 2008?
You can cast as DATE data type (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb630352(v=sql.100).aspx)
SELECT CAST(datetime_value AS DATE)
SELECT CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE) --> 2015-08-18
If you have a string to cast as DATE you can use:
SELECT CAST(LEFT('201402110544', 8) AS DATE)
You trim out the time part, by taking 1st 8 chars (YYYYMMDD) and will result a valid string to cast as DATE.
If this format is always the same, you can do this
DECLARE #d VARCHAR(20)='201402110544'
SELECT CAST(SUBSTRING(#d,0,9) as DATETIME)
Also have a look at The ultimate guide to the datetime datatypes which explains in detail about handling date-times
String to date conversion sure is a weakness of SQL Server. CONVERT does that, but can only deal with a number of given formats. So you must convert your string into such a format first and then convert it to date afterwards.
One such format is 120 = 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss' which I think comes closest to yours. Another 102 = 'yyyy.mm.dd' suffices to get the date.
convert(
date,
concat(substring(datestring, 1,4), '.',
substring(datestring, 5,2), '.',
substring(datestring, 7,2)),
102)
from data;
SQL fiddle: http://www.sqlfiddle.com/#!3/9eecb7/3689
EDIT: I stand corrected. Horia is right; CAST supports 'yyyymmdd', so you can use it directly by merely cutting of the string's time part. This is more readable than my suggestion above, which makes CAST the better option in your case.
if i try to cast string date to datetime like
select cast('12/01/2010' as datetime) then
it works
but if i try to cast like
select cast('22/01/2010' as datetime) then it is giving error.
again if i try to cast string date to datetime like
select cast('2010/12/01' as datetime) then it works
but if i try to cast like
select cast('2010/25/01' as datetime) then it is giving error. my requirement is whatever way user input date that should be successfully converted to datetime. please tell me best solution
In your case the sql server assumes, that date format id mm/dd/yyyy - US format,
you want to use French format, so use convert
select CONVERT(DATETIME, '12/01/2010', 103)
instead you'll get an error because there in no such a month number - 22
The best solution when passing datetime as string - to use short(without timezone) ISO format:
yyyyMMdd HH:mm:ss.ffff
I recommend you to use fixed '20111231' format. You do not need to use cast, convert or similar command.