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dplaut
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7 Posts

Posted - 2010-03-18 : 13:16:00

How can I convert this:
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 16:20

to a smalldatetime?

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2010-03-18 : 13:39:43

[code]SELECT CONVERT(datetime,LTRIM(SUBSTRING(datefield,CHARINDEX(',',datefield)+1,LEN(datefield))),109) FROM Table[/code]

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dplaut
Starting Member

7 Posts

Posted - 2010-03-18 : 13:51:33

Wow! Many thanks!

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2010-03-19 : 12:57:21

welcome

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