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JohnBonam
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Posted - 2008-05-08 : 13:03:49
Guys,

Need ur help on this...how can I change the datetime stamp to GMT in a table, it's a SQL Server 2005 database.
The timestamps are EST,PST,CT...
so have to change the arrival and departure times to GMT time zone

Thanks,
JohnB

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-08 : 13:05:45
Use GETUTCDATE()

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178635.aspx
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JohnBonam
Starting Member

3 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-08 : 13:08:07
Hi Visakh,

I'm new to SQL Server...could you please elaborate on how to use GETUTCDATE()

Thanks,
John
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-08 : 13:29:48
INSERT INTO YourTable (DateColumn)
SELECT GETUTCDATE()

will populate the column with current GMT time
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JohnBonam
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Posted - 2008-05-08 : 18:56:13
Thanks Visakh
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