Execute the following T-SQL scripts in Microsoft SQL Server Manangement Studio Query Editor to demonstrate T-SQL convert and cast functions in transforming string date, string time & string datetime data to datetime data type. T-SQL date / datetime functions

-- SQL Server string to date / datetime conversion - datetime string format sql server
-- MSSQL string to datetime conversion - convert char to date - convert varchar to date
-- Subtract 100 from style number (format) for yy instead yyyy (or ccyy with century)
SELECT convert(datetime, 'Oct 23 2012 11:01AM', 100) -- mon dd yyyy hh:mmAM (or PM)
SELECT convert(datetime, 'Oct 23 2012 11:01AM') -- 2012-10-23 11:01:00.000
-- Without century (yy) string date conversion - convert string to datetime function
SELECT convert(datetime, 'Oct 23 12 11:01AM', 0) -- mon dd yy hh:mmAM (or PM)
SELECT convert(datetime, 'Oct 23 12 11:01AM') -- 2012-10-23 11:01:00.000
-- Convert string to datetime sql - convert string to date sql - sql dates format
-- T-SQL convert string to datetime - SQL Server convert string to date
SELECT convert(datetime, '10/23/2016', 101) -- mm/dd/yyyy
SELECT convert(datetime, '2016.10.23', 102) -- yyyy.mm.dd
SELECT convert(datetime, '23/10/2016', 103) -- dd/mm/yyyy
SELECT convert(datetime, '23.10.2016', 104) -- dd.mm.yyyy
SELECT convert(datetime, '23-10-2016', 105) -- dd-mm-yyyy
-- mon types are nondeterministic conversions, dependent on language setting
SELECT convert(datetime, '23 OCT 2016', 106) -- dd mon yyyy
SELECT convert(datetime, 'Oct 23, 2016', 107) -- mon dd, yyyy
-- 2016-10-23 00:00:00.000
SELECT convert(datetime, '20:10:44', 108) -- hh:mm:ss
-- 1900-01-01 20:10:44.000
-- mon dd yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmmAM (or PM) - sql time format - SQL Server datetime format
SELECT convert(datetime, 'Oct 23 2016 11:02:44:013AM', 109)
-- 2016-10-23 11:02:44.013
SELECT convert(datetime, '10-23-2016', 110) -- mm-dd-yyyy
SELECT convert(datetime, '2016/10/23', 111) -- yyyy/mm/dd
-- YYYYMMDD ISO date format works at any language setting - international standard
SELECT convert(datetime, '20161023')
SELECT convert(datetime, '20161023', 112) -- yyyymmdd
-- 2016-10-23 00:00:00.000
SELECT convert(datetime, '23 Oct 2016 11:02:07:577', 113) -- dd mon yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmm
-- 2016-10-23 11:02:07.577
SELECT convert(datetime, '20:10:25:300', 114) -- hh:mm:ss:mmm(24h)
-- 1900-01-01 20:10:25.300
SELECT convert(datetime, '2016-10-23 20:44:11', 120) -- yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss(24h)
-- 2016-10-23 20:44:11.000
SELECT convert(datetime, '2016-10-23 20:44:11.500', 121) -- yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.mmm
-- 2016-10-23 20:44:11.500
-- Style 126 is ISO 8601 format: international standard - works with any language setting
SELECT convert(datetime, '2008-10-23T18:52:47.513', 126) -- yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss(.mmm)
-- 2008-10-23 18:52:47.513
-- Convert DDMMYYYY format to datetime - sql server to date / datetime
SELECT convert(datetime, STUFF(STUFF('31012016',3,0,'-'),6,0,'-'), 105)
-- 2016-01-31 00:00:00.000
-- SQL Server T-SQL string to datetime conversion without century - some exceptions
-- nondeterministic means language setting dependent such as Mar/Mär/mars/márc
SELECT convert(datetime, 'Oct 23 16 11:02:44AM') -- Default
SELECT convert(datetime, '10/23/16', 1) -- mm/dd/yy U.S.
SELECT convert(datetime, '16.10.23', 2) -- yy.mm.dd ANSI
SELECT convert(datetime, '23/10/16', 3) -- dd/mm/yy UK/FR
SELECT convert(datetime, '23.10.16', 4) -- dd.mm.yy German
SELECT convert(datetime, '23-10-16', 5) -- dd-mm-yy Italian
SELECT convert(datetime, '23 OCT 16', 6) -- dd mon yy non-det.
SELECT convert(datetime, 'Oct 23, 16', 7) -- mon dd, yy non-det.
SELECT convert(datetime, '20:10:44', 8) -- hh:mm:ss
SELECT convert(datetime, 'Oct 23 16 11:02:44:013AM', 9) -- Default with msec
SELECT convert(datetime, '10-23-16', 10) -- mm-dd-yy U.S.
SELECT convert(datetime, '16/10/23', 11) -- yy/mm/dd Japan
SELECT convert(datetime, '161023', 12) -- yymmdd ISO
SELECT convert(datetime, '23 Oct 16 11:02:07:577', 13) -- dd mon yy hh:mm:ss:mmm EU dflt
SELECT convert(datetime, '20:10:25:300', 14) -- hh:mm:ss:mmm(24h)
SELECT convert(datetime, '2016-10-23 20:44:11',20) -- yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss(24h) ODBC can.
SELECT convert(datetime, '2016-10-23 20:44:11.500', 21)-- yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.mmm ODBC

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-- SQL Datetime Data Type: Combine date & time string into datetime - sql hh mm ss
-- String to datetime - mssql datetime - sql convert date - sql concatenate string
DECLARE @DateTimeValue varchar(32), @DateValue char(8), @TimeValue char(6)
SELECT @DateValue = '20120718',
@TimeValue = '211920'
SELECT @DateTimeValue =
convert(varchar, convert(datetime, @DateValue), 111)
+ ' ' + substring(@TimeValue, 1, 2)
+ ':' + substring(@TimeValue, 3, 2)
+ ':' + substring(@TimeValue, 5, 2)
SELECT
DateInput = @DateValue, TimeInput = @TimeValue,
DateTimeOutput = @DateTimeValue;
/*
DateInput   TimeInput   DateTimeOutput
20120718    211920      2012/07/18 21:19:20 */
/* Datetime 8 bytes internal storage structure
o 1st 4 bytes: number of days after the base date 1900-01-01
o 2nd 4 bytes: number of clock-ticks (3.33 milliseconds) since midnight
Smalldatetime 4 bytes internal storage structure
o 1st 2 bytes: number of days after the base date 1900-01-01
o 2nd 2 bytes: number of minutes since midnight
SELECT CONVERT(binary(8), getdate()) -- 0x00009E4D 00C01272
SELECT CONVERT(binary(4), convert(smalldatetime,getdate())) -- 0x9E4D 02BC
*/
-- SQL convert seconds to HH:MM:SS - sql times format - sql hh mm
DECLARE  @Seconds INT
SET @Seconds = 20000
SELECT HH = @Seconds / 3600, MM = (@Seconds%3600) / 60, SS = (@Seconds%60)
/* HH    MM    SS
5     33    20   */
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-- SQL Server Date Only from DATETIME column - get date only
-- T-SQL just date - truncate time from datetime - remove time part
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DECLARE @Now datetime = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP -- getdate()
SELECT  DateAndTime       = @Now      -- Date portion and Time portion
,DateString        = REPLACE(LEFT(CONVERT (varchar, @Now, 112),10),' ','-')
,[Date]            = CONVERT(DATE, @Now)  -- SQL Server 2008 and on - date part
,Midnight1         = dateadd(day, datediff(day,0, @Now), 0)
,Midnight2         = CONVERT(DATETIME,CONVERT(int, @Now))
,Midnight3         = CONVERT(DATETIME,CONVERT(BIGINT,@Now) &                                                           (POWER(Convert(bigint,2),32)-1))
/* DateAndTime    DateString  Date  Midnight1   Midnight2   Midnight3
2010-11-02 08:00:33.657 20101102    2010-11-02  2010-11-02 00:00:00.000 2010-11-02 00:00:00.000      2010-11-02 00:00:00.000 */
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-- SQL Server 2008 convert datetime to date - sql yyyy mm dd
SELECT      TOP (3)  OrderDate = CONVERT(date, OrderDate),
Today = CONVERT(date, getdate())
FROM AdventureWorks2008.Sales.SalesOrderHeader
ORDER BY newid();
/*          OrderDate   Today
2004-02-15  2012-06-18 .....*/
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-- SQL date yyyy mm dd - sqlserver yyyy mm dd - date format yyyymmdd
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 111) AS [YYYY/MM/DD]
/*  YYYY/MM/DD
2015/07/11    */
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 112) AS [YYYYMMDD]
/*  YYYYMMDD
20150711     */
SELECT REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 111),'/',' ') AS [YYYY MM DD]
/* YYYY MM DD
2015 07 11    */
-- Converting to special (non-standard) date fomats: DD-MMM-YY
SELECT UPPER(REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR,GETDATE(),6),' ','-'))
-- 07-MAR-14
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-- SQL convert date string to datetime - time set to 00:00:00.000 or 12:00AM
PRINT CONVERT(datetime,'07-10-2012',110)        -- Jul 10 2012 12:00AM
PRINT CONVERT(datetime,'2012/07/10',111)        -- Jul 10 2012 12:00AM
PRINT CONVERT(datetime,'20120710',  112)        -- Jul 10 2012 12:00AM
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-- String to date conversion - sql date yyyy mm dd - sql date formatting
-- SQL Server cast string to date - sql convert date to datetime
SELECT [Date] = CAST (@DateValue AS datetime)
-- 2012-07-18 00:00:00.000
-- SQL convert string date to different style - sql date string formatting
SELECT CONVERT(varchar, CONVERT(datetime, '20140508'), 100)
-- May  8 2014 12:00AM
-- SQL Server convert date to integer
DECLARE @Date datetime; SET @Date = getdate();
SELECT DateAsInteger = CAST (CONVERT(varchar,@Date,112) as INT);
-- Result: 20161225
-- SQL Server convert integer to datetime
DECLARE @iDate int
SET @iDate = 20151225
SELECT IntegerToDatetime = CAST(convert(varchar,@iDate) as datetime)
-- 2015-12-25 00:00:00.000
-- Alternates: date-only datetime values
-- SQL Server floor date - sql convert datetime
SELECT [DATE-ONLY]=CONVERT(DATETIME, FLOOR(CONVERT(FLOAT, GETDATE())))
SELECT [DATE-ONLY]=CONVERT(DATETIME, FLOOR(CONVERT(MONEY, GETDATE())))
-- SQL Server cast string to datetime
-- SQL Server datetime to string convert
SELECT [DATE-ONLY]=CAST(CONVERT(varchar, GETDATE(), 101) AS DATETIME)
-- SQL Server dateadd function - T-SQL datediff function
-- SQL strip time from date - MSSQL strip time from datetime
SELECT getdate() ,dateadd(dd, datediff(dd, 0, getdate()), 0)
-- Results: 2016-01-23 05:35:52.793 2016-01-23 00:00:00.000
-- String date  - 10 bytes of storage
SELECT [STRING DATE]=CONVERT(varchar,  GETDATE(), 110)
SELECT [STRING DATE]=CONVERT(varchar,  CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 110)
-- Same results: 01-02-2012
-- SQL Server cast datetime as string - sql datetime formatting
SELECT stringDateTime=CAST (getdate() as varchar) -- Dec 29 2012  3:47AM
Related article: CAST and CONVERT (Transact-SQL)
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-- SQL date range BETWEEN operator
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-- SQL date range select - date range search - T-SQL date range query
-- Count Sales Orders for 2003 OCT-NOV
DECLARE  @StartDate DATETIME,  @EndDate DATETIME
SET @StartDate = convert(DATETIME,'10/01/2003',101)
SET @EndDate   = convert(DATETIME,'11/30/2003',101)
SELECT @StartDate, @EndDate
-- 2003-10-01 00:00:00.000  2003-11-30 00:00:00.000
SELECT dateadd(DAY,1,@EndDate),
dateadd(ms,-3,dateadd(DAY,1,@EndDate))
-- 2003-12-01 00:00:00.000  2003-11-30 23:59:59.997
-- MSSQL date range select using >= and <
SELECT [Sales Orders for 2003 OCT-NOV] = COUNT(* )
FROM   Sales.SalesOrderHeader
WHERE  OrderDate >= @StartDate AND OrderDate < dateadd(DAY,1,@EndDate)
/* Sales Orders for 2003 OCT-NOV    3668 */   -- Equivalent date range query using BETWEEN comparison -- It requires a bit of trick programming SELECT [Sales Orders for 2003 OCT-NOV] = COUNT(* ) FROM   Sales.SalesOrderHeader WHERE  OrderDate BETWEEN @StartDate AND dateadd(ms,-3,dateadd(DAY,1,@EndDate)) -- 3668   USE AdventureWorks; -- SQL between string dates SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE OrderDate BETWEEN '20040201' AND '20040210' -- Result: 108   -- SQL BETWEEN dates without time - time stripped - time removed - date part only SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE datediff(dd,0,OrderDate)   BETWEEN datediff(dd,0,'20040201 12:11:39') AND datediff(dd,0,'20040210 14:33:19') -- 108 -- BETWEEN is equivalent to >=...AND....<= SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE OrderDate BETWEEN '2004-02-01 00:00:00.000' AND '2004-02-10  00:00:00.000' /* Orders with OrderDates '2004-02-10  00:00:01.000'  - 1 second after midnight (12:00AM) '2004-02-10  00:01:00.000'  - 1 minute after midnight '2004-02-10  01:00:00.000'  - 1 hour after midnight are not included in the two queries above. */ -- To include the entire day of 2004-02-10 use: SELECT POs=COUNT(*) FROM Purchasing.PurchaseOrderHeader WHERE OrderDate >= '20040201' AND OrderDate < '20040211'

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-- Calculate week ranges in a year
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DECLARE @Year INT = '2016';
WITH cteDays AS (SELECT DayOfYear=Dateadd(dd, number,
CONVERT(DATE, CONVERT(char(4),@Year)+'0101'))
FROM master.dbo.spt_values WHERE type='P'),
CTE AS (SELECT DayOfYear, WeekOfYear=DATEPART(week,DayOfYear)
FROM cteDays WHERE YEAR(DayOfYear)= @YEAR)
SELECT WeekOfYear, StartOfWeek=MIN(DayOfYear), EndOfWeek=MAX(DayOfYear)
FROM CTE  GROUP BY WeekOfYear ORDER BY WeekOfYear

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-- Date validation function ISDATE - returns 1 or 0 - SQL datetime functions
------------
DECLARE @StringDate varchar(32)
SET @StringDate = '2011-03-15 18:50'
IF EXISTS( SELECT * WHERE ISDATE(@StringDate) = 1)
PRINT 'VALID DATE: ' + @StringDate
ELSE
PRINT 'INVALID DATE: ' + @StringDate
GO
-- Result: VALID DATE: 2011-03-15 18:50
DECLARE @StringDate varchar(32)
SET @StringDate = '20112-03-15 18:50'
IF EXISTS( SELECT * WHERE ISDATE(@StringDate) = 1)
PRINT 'VALID DATE: ' + @StringDate
ELSE  PRINT 'INVALID DATE: ' + @StringDate
-- Result: INVALID DATE: 20112-03-15 18:50

-- First and last day of date periods - SQL Server 2008 and on code
DECLARE @Date DATE = '20161023'
SELECT ReferenceDate   = @Date
SELECT FirstDayOfYear  = CONVERT(DATE, dateadd(yy, datediff(yy,0, @Date),0))
SELECT LastDayOfYear   = CONVERT(DATE, dateadd(yy, datediff(yy,0, @Date)+1,-1))
SELECT FDofSemester = CONVERT(DATE, dateadd(qq,((datediff(qq,0,@Date)/2)*2),0))
SELECT LastDayOfSemester
= CONVERT(DATE, dateadd(qq,((datediff(qq,0,@Date)/2)*2)+2,-1))
SELECT FirstDayOfQuarter  = CONVERT(DATE, dateadd(qq, datediff(qq,0, @Date),0))
-- 2016-10-01
SELECT LastDayOfQuarter = CONVERT(DATE, dateadd(qq, datediff(qq,0,@Date)+1,-1))
-- 2016-12-31
SELECT FirstDayOfMonth = CONVERT(DATE, dateadd(mm, datediff(mm,0, @Date),0))
SELECT LastDayOfMonth  = CONVERT(DATE, dateadd(mm, datediff(mm,0, @Date)+1,-1))
SELECT FirstDayOfWeek  = CONVERT(DATE, dateadd(wk, datediff(wk,0, @Date),0))
SELECT LastDayOfWeek   = CONVERT(DATE, dateadd(wk, datediff(wk,0, @Date)+1,-1))
-- 2016-10-30

-- Month sequence generator - sequential numbers / dates
DECLARE @Date date = '2000-01-01'
SELECT MonthStart=dateadd(MM, number, @Date)
FROM  master.dbo.spt_values
WHERE type='P' AND  dateadd(MM, number, @Date) <= CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
ORDER BY MonthStart
/* MonthStart
2000-01-01
2000-02-01
2000-03-01 ....*/

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-- Selected named date styles
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DECLARE @DateTimeValue varchar(32)
-- US-Style
SELECT @DateTimeValue = '10/23/2016'
SELECT StringDate=@DateTimeValue,
[US-Style] = CONVERT(datetime, @DatetimeValue)
SELECT @DateTimeValue = '10/23/2016 23:01:05'
SELECT StringDate = @DateTimeValue,
[US-Style] = CONVERT(datetime, @DatetimeValue)
-- UK-Style, British/French - convert string to datetime sql

-- sql convert string to datetime
SELECT @DateTimeValue = '23/10/16 23:01:05'
SELECT StringDate = @DateTimeValue,
[UK-Style] = CONVERT(datetime, @DatetimeValue, 3)
SELECT @DateTimeValue = '23/10/2016 04:01 PM'
SELECT StringDate = @DateTimeValue,
[UK-Style] = CONVERT(datetime, @DatetimeValue, 103)

-- German-Style
SELECT @DateTimeValue = '23.10.16 23:01:05'
SELECT StringDate = @DateTimeValue,
[German-Style] = CONVERT(datetime, @DatetimeValue, 4)
SELECT @DateTimeValue = '23.10.2016 04:01 PM'
SELECT StringDate = @DateTimeValue,
[German-Style] = CONVERT(datetime, @DatetimeValue, 104)

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-- Double conversion to US-Style 107 with century: Oct 23, 2016
SET @DateTimeValue='10/23/16'
SELECT StringDate=@DateTimeValue,
[US-Style] = CONVERT(varchar, CONVERT(datetime, @DateTimeValue),107)
-
- Using DATEFORMAT - UK-Style - SQL dateformat
SET @DateTimeValue='23/10/16'
SET DATEFORMAT dmy
SELECT StringDate=@DateTimeValue,
[Date Time] = CONVERT(datetime, @DatetimeValue)

-- Using DATEFORMAT - US-Style
SET DATEFORMAT mdy

-- Convert date string from DD/MM/YYYY UK format to MM/DD/YYYY US format
DECLARE @UKdate char(10) = '15/03/2016'
SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(10), CONVERT(datetime, @UKdate,103),101)

-- 03/15/2016

-- DATEPART datetime function example - SQL Server datetime functions
SELECT * FROM Northwind.dbo.Orders
WHERE DATEPART(YEAR, OrderDate) = '1996' AND
DATEPART(MONTH,OrderDate) = '07'   AND
DATEPART(DAY, OrderDate)  = '10'

-- Alternate syntax for DATEPART example

SELECT * FROM Northwind.dbo.Orders
WHERE YEAR(OrderDate)         = '1996' AND
MONTH(OrderDate)        = '07'   AND
DAY(OrderDate)          = '10'

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-- T-SQL calculate the number of business days function / UDF - exclude SAT & SUN
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CREATE FUNCTION fnBusinessDays (@StartDate DATETIME, @EndDate   DATETIME)
RETURNS INT AS
BEGIN
IF (@StartDate IS NULL OR @EndDate IS NULL)  RETURN (0)
DECLARE  @i INT = 0;
WHILE (@StartDate <= @EndDate)       BEGIN         SET @i = @i + CASE                         WHEN datepart(dw,@StartDate) BETWEEN 2 AND 6 THEN 1                         ELSE 0                       END          SET @StartDate = @StartDate + 1       END  -- while      RETURN (@i)   END -- function GO SELECT dbo.fnBusinessDays('2016-01-01','2016-12-31') -- 261 ------------ -- T-SQL DATENAME function usage for weekdays SELECT DayName=DATENAME(weekday, OrderDate), SalesPerWeekDay = COUNT(*) FROM AdventureWorks2008.Sales.SalesOrderHeader GROUP BY DATENAME(weekday, OrderDate), DATEPART(weekday,OrderDate) ORDER BY DATEPART(weekday,OrderDate) /* DayName   SalesPerWeekDay Sunday      4482 Monday      4591 Tuesday     4346.... */   -- DATENAME application for months SELECT MonthName=DATENAME(month, OrderDate), SalesPerMonth = COUNT(*) FROM AdventureWorks2008.Sales.SalesOrderHeader GROUP BY DATENAME(month, OrderDate), MONTH(OrderDate) ORDER BY MONTH(OrderDate) /* MonthName      SalesPerMonth January           2483 February          2686 March             2750 April             2740....  */   -- Getting month name from month number SELECT DATENAME(MM,dateadd(MM,7,-1))  -- July ------------ -- Extract string date from text with PATINDEX pattern matching -- Apply sql server string to date conversion ------------ USE tempdb; go CREATE TABLE InsiderTransaction (       InsiderTransactionID int identity primary key,       TradeDate datetime,       TradeMsg varchar(256),       ModifiedDate datetime default (getdate())) -- Populate table with dummy data INSERT InsiderTransaction (TradeMsg) VALUES( 'INSIDER TRAN QABC Hammer, Bruce D. CSO 09-02-08 Buy 2,000 6.10') INSERT InsiderTransaction (TradeMsg) VALUES( 'INSIDER TRAN QABC Schmidt, Steven CFO 08-25-08 Buy 2,500 6.70') INSERT InsiderTransaction (TradeMsg) VALUES( 'INSIDER TRAN QABC  Hammer, Bruce D. CSO  08-20-08 Buy 3,000 8.59') INSERT InsiderTransaction (TradeMsg) VALUES( 'INSIDER TRAN QABC Walters,  Jeff CTO 08-15-08  Sell 5,648 8.49') INSERT InsiderTransaction (TradeMsg) VALUES( 'INSIDER TRAN  QABC  Walters, Jeff CTO   08-15-08 Option Execute 5,648 2.15') INSERT InsiderTransaction (TradeMsg) VALUES( 'INSIDER TRAN QABC Hammer, Bruce D. CSO 07-31-08  Buy 5,000 8.05') INSERT InsiderTransaction (TradeMsg) VALUES( 'INSIDER TRAN QABC Lennot, Mark B. Director  08-31-07 Buy 1,500 9.97') INSERT InsiderTransaction (TradeMsg) VALUES( 'INSIDER TRAN QABC  O''Neal, Linda COO  08-01-08 Sell 5,000 6.50')    -- Extract dates from stock trade message text -- Pattern match for MM-DD-YY using the PATINDEX string function SELECT TradeDate=substring(TradeMsg,        patindex('%[01][0-9]-[0123][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]%', TradeMsg),8) FROM InsiderTransaction WHERE  patindex('%[01][0-9]-[0123][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]%', TradeMsg) > 0

/* Partial results
TradeDate
09-02-08
08-25-08
08-20-08 */
-- Update table with extracted date
-- Convert string date to datetime

UPDATE InsiderTransaction
SET TradeDate = convert(datetime,  substring(TradeMsg,
patindex('%[01][0-9]-[0123][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]%', TradeMsg),8))
WHERE  patindex('%[01][0-9]-[0123][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]%', TradeMsg) > 0
SELECT * FROM InsiderTransaction ORDER BY TradeDate desc

/* Partial results
InsiderTransactionID    TradeDate   TradeMsg    ModifiedDate
1     2008-09-02 00:00:00.000 INSIDER TRAN QABC Hammer, Bruce D. CSO 09-02-08 Buy 2,000 6.10      2008-12-22 20:25:19.263
2     2008-08-25 00:00:00.000 INSIDER TRAN QABC Schmidt, Steven CFO 08-25-08 Buy 2,500 6.70      2008-12-22 20:25:19.263 */
-- Cleanup task

DROP TABLE InsiderTransaction

/************

VALID DATE RANGES FOR DATE / DATETIME DATA TYPES
DATE (3 bytes) date range:
January 1, 1 A.D. through December 31, 9999 A.D.
SMALLDATETIME (4 bytes) date range:
January 1, 1900 through June 6, 2079
DATETIME (8 bytes) date range:
January 1, 1753 through December 31, 9999
DATETIME2 (6-8 bytes) date range:
January 1, 1 A.D. through December 31, 9999 A.D.

-- The statement below will give a date range error
SELECT CONVERT(smalldatetime, '2110-01-01')

/* Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 1

The conversion of a varchar data type to a smalldatetime data type
resulted in an out-of-range value. */

************/

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-- SQL CONVERT DATE/DATETIME script applying table variable
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-- SQL Server convert date
-- Datetime column is converted into date only string column
DECLARE @sqlConvertDate TABLE ( DatetimeColumn datetime,
DateColumn char(10));
INSERT @sqlConvertDate (DatetimeColumn) SELECT GETDATE()
UPDATE @sqlConvertDate
SET DateColumn = CONVERT(char(10), DatetimeColumn, 111)
SELECT * FROM @sqlConvertDate

-- SQL Server convert datetime - String date column converted into datetime column
UPDATE @sqlConvertDate
SET DatetimeColumn = CONVERT(Datetime, DateColumn, 111)
SELECT * FROM @sqlConvertDate

-- Equivalent formulation - SQL Server cast datetime
UPDATE @sqlConvertDate
SET DatetimeColumn = CAST(DateColumn AS datetime)
SELECT * FROM @sqlConvertDate

/* First results

DatetimeColumn                DateColumn
2012-12-25 15:54:10.363       2012/12/25 */

/* Second results:

DatetimeColumn                DateColumn
2012-12-25 00:00:00.000       2012/12/25  */

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-- SQL date sequence generation with dateadd & table variable
-- 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
WHILE ( @i < 500)
BEGIN
INSERT @Sequence DEFAULT VALUES
SET @i = @i + 1
END

SELECT DateSequence = CAST(dateadd(day, Sequence,getdate()) AS varchar)
FROM @Sequence

/* Partial results:
DateSequence
Dec 31 2008  3:02AM
Jan  1 2009  3:02AM
Jan  2 2009  3:02AM
Jan  3 2009  3:02AM
Jan  4 2009  3:02AM */

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-- SQL Last Week calculations

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-- SQL last Friday - Implied string to datetime conversions in dateadd & datediff

DECLARE @BaseFriday CHAR(8), @LastFriday datetime, @LastMonday datetime

SET @BaseFriday = '19000105'

SELECT @LastFriday = dateadd(dd,

(datediff (dd, @BaseFriday, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) / 7) * 7, @BaseFriday)

SELECT [Last Friday] = @LastFriday

-- Result: 2008-12-26 00:00:00.000

-- SQL last Monday (last week's Monday)

SELECT @LastMonday=dateadd(dd,

(datediff (dd, @BaseFriday, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) / 7) * 7 - 4, @BaseFriday)

SELECT [Last Monday]= @LastMonday

-- Result: 2008-12-22 00:00:00.000

-- SQL last week - SUN - SAT

SELECT [Last Week] = CONVERT(varchar,dateadd(day, -1, @LastMonday), 101)+ ' - ' +

CONVERT(varchar,dateadd(day, 1,  @LastFriday), 101)

-- Result: 12/21/2008 - 12/27/2008

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-- Specific day calculations

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-- First day of current month

SELECT dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate()), 0)

-- 15th day of current month

SELECT dateadd(day,14,dateadd(month,datediff(month,0,getdate()),0))

-- First Monday of current month

SELECT dateadd(day, (9-datepart(weekday,

dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate()), 0)))%7,

dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate()), 0))

-- Next Monday calculation from the reference date which was a Monday

DECLARE @Now datetime = GETDATE();

DECLARE @NextMonday datetime = dateadd(dd, ((datediff(dd, '19000101', @Now)

/ 7) * 7) + 7, '19000101');

SELECT [Now]=@Now, [Next Monday]=@NextMonday

-- Last Friday of current month

SELECT dateadd(day, -7+(6-datepart(weekday,

dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate())+1, 0)))%7,

dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate())+1, 0))

-- First day of next month

SELECT dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate())+1, 0)

-- 15th of next month

SELECT dateadd(day,14, dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate())+1, 0))

-- First Monday of next month

SELECT dateadd(day, (9-datepart(weekday,

dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate())+1, 0)))%7,

dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate())+1, 0))

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-- SQL Last Date calculations

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-- Last day of prior month - Last day of previous month

SELECT convert( varchar, dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(mm, datediff(mm,0,getdate() ), 0)),101)

-- 01/31/2019

-- Last day of current month

SELECT convert( varchar, dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(mm, datediff(mm,0,getdate())+1, 0)),101)

-- 02/28/2019

-- Last day of prior quarter - Last day of previous quarter

SELECT convert( varchar, dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(qq, datediff(qq,0,getdate() ), 0)),101)

-- 12/31/2018

-- Last day of current quarter - Last day of current quarter

SELECT convert( varchar, dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(qq, datediff(qq,0,getdate())+1, 0)),101)

-- 03/31/2019

-- Last day of prior year - Last day of previous year

SELECT convert( varchar, dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(yy, datediff(yy,0,getdate() ), 0)),101)

-- 12/31/2018

-- Last day of current year

SELECT convert( varchar, dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(yy, datediff(yy,0,getdate())+1, 0)),101)

-- 12/31/2019

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-- SQL Server dateformat and language setting

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-- T-SQL set language - String to date conversion

SET LANGUAGE us_english
SELECT CAST('2018-03-15' AS datetime)

-- 2018-03-15 00:00:00.000

SET LANGUAGE british
SELECT CAST('2018-03-15' AS datetime)

/* Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 2

The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in

an out-of-range value.

*/

SELECT CAST('2018-15-03' AS datetime)

-- 2018-03-15 00:00:00.000

SET LANGUAGE us_english

-- SQL dateformat with language dependency

SELECT name, alias, dateformat
FROM sys.syslanguages
WHERE langid in (0,1,2,4,5,6,7,10,11,13,23,31)
GO

/*
name        alias             dateformat
us_english  English           mdy
Deutsch     German            dmy
Français    French            dmy
Dansk       Danish            dmy
Español     Spanish           dmy
Italiano    Italian           dmy
Nederlands  Dutch             dmy
Suomi       Finnish           dmy
Svenska     Swedish           ymd
magyar      Hungarian         ymd
British     British English   dmy
Arabic      Arabic            dmy */
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