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Posted - 2007-01-24 : 08:20:21
Robert writes "Hi,

I am really new at SQL an am basically self taught (apart from SQL for Dummies). When I am trying to create a SQL statement using various tables, my date format comes out as a 5 digit number format, i.e 34567. I need to convert the date to DD/MM/YY. The table that i am using is called Projects and the fields that I am using are called Pr_start and Pr_end. Because I have joins, they are called Projects.Pr_Start and Projects.Pr_end.

Please could you show me how I would write the script to convert this date to the DD/MM/YY format.

Kind regards

Robert Fish"

khtan
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Posted - 2007-01-24 : 08:25:03
"my date format comes out as a 5 digit number format, i.e 34567"
what date does 34567 represent ?


KH

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harsh_athalye
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Posted - 2007-01-24 : 08:25:20
Make use of CONVERT function.

Select CONVERT(datetime, 34567)


Harsh Athalye
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