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sandesh.ravi
Posting Yak Master

110 Posts

Posted - 2011-11-15 : 10:50:58

A table stores the date value as
20111111111111.

Kindly let me know how to convert to date format dd/mm/yyyy.

Thanks,
Sandesh

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2011-11-15 : 10:58:55

you can do something like


SELECT STUFF(STUFF(STUFF(STUFF(STUFF(CAST(datefield AS varchar(30)),5,0,'-'),8,0,'-'),11,0,' '),14,0,':'),17,0,':') FROM table

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Lamprey
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

4614 Posts

Posted - 2011-11-15 : 11:18:15

Any chance you can store your data in the proper data type instead?

nigelrivett
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3385 Posts

Posted - 2011-11-15 : 11:41:13

Depends on what the format and datatype is but maybe a start is
select convert(datetime,left(fld,8),112)

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sandesh.ravi
Posting Yak Master

110 Posts

Posted - 2011-11-15 : 12:16:14

Thank you..

Thanks,
Sandesh

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