string ( dd/mm/yyyy) to date sql server - sql

EDIT:
The solution is in the reference post's solution .I was careless to overlook DATETIME--> Varchar(10)
`Syntax for CONVERT:
CONVERT ( data_type [ ( length ) ] , expression [ , style ] )`
I am aware of this post
SQL Server (2005, 2000, 7.0) does not have any flexible, or even non-flexible, way of taking an arbitrarily structured datetime in string format and converting it to the datetime data type.
So I am looking for a solution that solves this particular String format only.
Let's say I have a table in sql server with field :inputDate in datetime format
The following code works without convert/cast
SELECT inputDate
FROM some_table
WHERE inputDate > '01/24/2013'
But it won't work for
SELECT inputDate
FROM some_table
WHERE inputDate > '24/01/2013'
Throwing an The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value
Then I tried
SELECT inputDate
FROM some_table
WHERE inputDate > CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), '24/01/2013', 103)
Throwing the same error
Is there a way to convert string in dd/mm/yyyy to be recognize as datetime format in SQL SERVER? Or the only way, and the proper way is doing santization elsewhere?

have you tried using DATETIME instead of VARCHAR(10)
WHERE inputDate > CONVERT(DATETIME, '24/01/2013', 103)

Try to use the information in this post : ISO 8601
I succeed to do the following :
select convert(datetime,convert(char(23),'20140125' ,127),103) as MyDate
to get this :
2014-01-25 00:00:00.000

Use ISO 8601 date format YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00. It will be implicitly converted to datetime in any locale

Try to increase the length of your VARCHAR(10) to VARCHAR(14) like:
select inputDate from Table
where inputDate > convert(varchar(14), '24/01/2013', 103)

Related

Converting a varchar column to datetime

I have a table that has a column for dateofbirth varchar(10). All the data inside is stored like this '02/01/1990'.
I need to convert it to datetime. I've tried
CAST(DateofBirth AS DATEITME) AS BirthDate
But I keep getting this error when I try importing:
The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value"
I need it like this:
1990-02-01 00:00:00:000
SELECT CONVERT(Datetime, '2011-09-28 18:01:00', 120) -- to convert it to Datetime SELECT CONVERT( VARCHAR(30), #date ,105) -- italian format [28-09-2011 18:01:00] + ' ' + SELECT CONVERT( VARCHAR(30), #date ,108 ) -- full date [with time/minutes/sec]
You need to convert a Varchar in format MM/DD/YYYY to a Datetime.
Sql server recognizes a set of predefined date formats that it is able to automatically parse. See this cheat list.
Your input format corresponds to sql server date format 101, hence you can do :
SELECT CONVERT(Datetime, '02/01/1990', 101)
If you try to do it in sql query there is syntax to do it .
Here a link ..
SQL Server Convert Varchar to Datetime
Your cast statement works for me:
Declare #dateofbirth varchar(10) = '02/01/1990'
select cast(#dateofbirth as datetime)AS BirthDate
Result:
BirthDate
1990-02-01 00:00:00.000

Dutch varchar date issue in SQL server 13 month

I have the following datetime format ( as varchar ) in my database 13-04-2018 1:05:00.
I need to convert it to the following format: 2018-04-13 01:05:00. As datetime.
Normal convert functions can't do this because they try to take the 13th month, and that month doesn't exist. This error:
The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted
in an out-of-range value.
Does someone know how to convert this date issue?
Using datetimes is always a pain regardless of the language because of all the different formats across the world.
To sort your issue out currently, you need to use a format style which is a third parameter to CONVERT. Personally what I would suggest here is to store as a datetime, because storing datetimes as strings is never a good idea. It just gets too messy later on, but if saved in the format you would like, it would be saved as yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss
SELECT CONVERT(DATETIME, '13-04-2018 1:05:00',103)
You can create your own function to format it in your desired output string.
CREATE FUNCTION FormatMyDate
(#Date DATETIME) RETURNS VARCHAR(20)
AS
BEGIN
RETURN FORMAT(#Date,'yyyy-dd-MM hh:mm:ss')
END
And then you can call it in SELECT statements like this:
SELECT dbo.FormatMyDate(yourDateCol)
FROM yourTable
this takes the date from the format where month comes before day and reverses the 2 values (month and day)
SELECT CONVERT(DATETIME, '2018-13-04 01:05:00', 103);
Results:
2018-04-13 01:05:00.000
This should work for you requirement...
SELECT FORMAT(yourdate, 'yyyy-dd-MM')
Your Solution Bro...
DECLARE #d DATETIME = GETDATE()
SELECT FORMAT ( #d, 'MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss', 'de-de' ) AS 'Hoping your result'

Converting string 'yyyy-mm-dd' to date

I want to select from table where date column is equal to specific date which I sending as a string in format 'yyyy-mm-dd'. I need to convert that string and than to compare if I have that date in my table.
For now I am doing this:
select *
FROM table
where CONVERT(char(10), date_column,126) = convert(char(10), '2016-10-28', 126)
date_column is a date type in table and I need to get it from table in this format 'yyyy-mm-dd' and because that I use 126 format. I am just not sure with the other part where I converting string which is already in that format and do I need to convert it because I don't know is it good to use this:
CONVERT(varchar(10), date_column,126) = '2016-10-28'
You don't need to convert the column as well. In fact, you better not convert the column, because using functions on columns prevents sql server from using any indexes that might help the query plan on that column.
Also, you are converting a string to char(10) - better just convert it to date:
where date_column = convert(date, '2016-10-28', 126)
Also, if you are using a datetime data type and not date, you need to check that the datetime value is between the date you pass to the next date.
You can convert string to date as follows using the CONVERT() function by giving a specific format of the input parameter
declare #date date
set #date = CONVERT(date, '2016-10-28', 126)
select #date
You can find the possible format parameter values for SQL Convert date function here
You do not need to do that. yyyy-MM-dd is the default format.
Please note that you need to take into account the time as well, if there's a timestamp in date_column. In that case you should write something like this
... WHERE date_column >= '2016-10-28 00:00:00' AND date_column < '2016-10-29 00:00:00'
... WHERE date_column BETWEEN '2016-10-28 00:00:00' and '2016-10-29 00:00:00'
As I just learned that (other than I thought) BETWEEN actually includes the end timestamp and thus is not equivalent to the above >= ... < approach.
This should use indexes properly as well.

SQL Server: how to change data entry from VARCHAR to DATETIME?

I have below sample data:
03202012 as date but the column datatype is Varchar.
I want to convert it to 2012-03-20 00:00:00.000 as Datetime.
I tried using
CAST(CONVERT(CHAR(10), Column, 101) AS DATETIME)
But I get an error:
The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.
Complete code snippet to test:
DECLARE #Column VARCHAR(MAX) = '03202012'
SELECT CAST(CONVERT(CHAR(10), #Column, 101) AS DATETIME)
Use yyyyMMdd format, that always works:
DECLARE #myDateString varchar(10) = '03202012';
SELECT cast( substring(#myDateString, 5, 4)+
substring(#myDateString, 1, 2)+
substring(#myDateString, 3, 2) AS datetime);
I found below script help me solved my concern.
SELECT convert(datetime, STUFF(STUFF('31012016',3,0,'-'),6,0,'-'), 105)
Result: 2016-01-31 00:00:00.000
Thanks all for the effort. :D
In MySQL, you can use the STR_TO_DATE function to convert a string to a date. For your example, it would look like this
STR_TO_DATE("03-02-2012", "%m-%d-%Y");
Note that the format part of the string must match the format part of the date.
Edit: Just found out this is for SQL Server, but I assume this will work there as well.

How to update/Change the date format to MM/dd/yyyy from dd/MM/yyyy format in sql server?

In my db DOB is saved in dd/mm/yyyy format. i want to change the DOB date format to MM/dd/yyyy. How can i do that?
First i want to know which datatype you are using for saving your date value. There is nothing provided with your code no sample code, table details nothing. anyway
i think your 'date of birth' field datatype is datetime,then you can use the following example
create table checktable(
ID int,
name nvarchar (30),
dob datetime);
Example data insert into the table
insert into checktable(ID,name,dob) values(10,'myname','03/01/2014');
//..........
select * from checktable
//Use CONVERT() it will give you the desired output
SELECT TOP 1 ID, dob,CONVERT(varchar,dob,101) 'mm/dd/yyyy'
FROM checktable
UPDATE
if your datatype is varchar and now it is in the format mm/dd/yyyy and you want to change it into dd/mm/yyyy format then use the following example it will help you
create table checktable1(
ID int,
name nvarchar (30),
dob varchar(20));
// insert sample data
insert into checktable1(ID,name,dob) values(10,'myname','21/05/2010');
select * from checktable1
// change the format using substring()
select * FROM checktable1
select dob,substring(dob,4,3)+substring(dob, 1, 3)+substring(dob, 7, 4) from checktable1
It will give you result in 05/21/2010 (mm/dd/yyyy)format
Microsoft SQL: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187928.aspx
Syntax for CONVERT:
CONVERT ( data_type [ ( length ) ] , expression [ , style ] )
use example:
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 101) AS [MM/DD/YYYY]
For other databases search Date and Time Functions in documentation.
The CONVERT() function is a general function that converts an expression of one data type to another.
The CONVERT() function can be used to display date/time data in different formats.
http://www.w3schools.com/sql/func_convert.asp
if your data type is DateTime then no need to convert it, in later you can convert its format as you want but if your are using varchar or nvarchar
then you can use CONVERT() as below
SELECT convert(datetime, '23/10/2016', 103)
Result : 2016-10-23 00:00:00.000
if just want to conver in date then
SELECT convert(date, '23/10/2016', 103)
Result : 2016-10-23
for more information and other formats
http://www.sqlusa.com/bestpractices/datetimeconversion/
and if you just want to convert string to sting then
SELECT CONVERT(varchar,'23/10/2016',101)
Result : 23/10/2016
This is the query to show all data in dd/mm/yyyy format.Type your column name that contains date in place of datecolumnname and your table name in place of tablename in below query:
select convert(varchar,datecolumname,103) as datecolumname from tablename