Sep 25, 2009 · 3 I have a CSV file that has dates written like this: 250909,240909 and they get stored in a SQL Server database as varchars. How do I get it to convert them into dates so …

Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string. Can you please help, how to convert this varchar data to datetime format?

Feb 27, 2019 · There is no method to directly convert this value because SQL implicitly assumes the first two characters are the year when directly converting to DATE and there is no option …

Nov 9, 2023 · Convert varchar into datetime and use date diff on the where clause Ask Question Asked 1 year, 11 months ago Modified 1 year, 11 months ago

Dec 21, 2012 · CONVERT is specific to SQL Server, and allows for a greater breadth of flexibility when converting between date and time values, fractional numbers, and monetary signifiers.

May 17, 2013 · Which SQL command is recommended to convert a date to yyyymmdd format? convert (varchar (8), getdate (), 112); or convert (varchar, getdate (), 112) I notice that if I use …

Jul 14, 2015 · The problem is SQL Server has decided for you that that’s a varchar(1) long before you assign anything, and some style number won’t change its mind.

Likely you have some data that doesn't fit the datetime column somewhere in the file. Insert to a staging table with a varchar or navachar field for the column and look at the data. You may …

Dec 24, 2016 · @RobertKoernke MySQL can directy convert during ALTER from VARCHAR to DATE if the data formats is in a date format MySQLl supports, generally this is in YYYY-MM …

Jan 23, 2023 · I have stored 'getdate()' as text in one of my column in a table. (It's a complicated scenario ,how I saved it) Now when I select the field what I am getting is getdate() instead of …