Cast and Convert

I am trying to convert an INT to a Date value with is currently working with
the following query
SELECT CONVERT (DATETIME,(select CAST(INV_DT as char(8))from dates), 103)
However, the Date format is YYYY-MM-DD Time
Can I use Convert and Cast in the same statement. I really needs the dates
in DD/MM/YY format
Any help glady appreciated.
ThanksHow does the INT look like?
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
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"Sarah Kingswell" <skingswell@.xonitek.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I am trying to convert an INT to a Date value with is currently working with the following query
> SELECT CONVERT (DATETIME,(select CAST(INV_DT as char(8))from dates), 103)
> However, the Date format is YYYY-MM-DD Time
> Can I use Convert and Cast in the same statement. I really needs the dates in DD/MM/YY format
> Any help glady appreciated.
> Thanks
>|||19740121
So this should display 21/01/1974
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
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> How does the INT look like?
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
> http://www.sqlug.se/
>
> "Sarah Kingswell" <skingswell@.xonitek.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:eanimipDFHA.4052@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I am trying to convert an INT to a Date value with is currently working
>>with the following query
>> SELECT CONVERT (DATETIME,(select CAST(INV_DT as char(8))from dates), 103)
>> However, the Date format is YYYY-MM-DD Time
>> Can I use Convert and Cast in the same statement. I really needs the
>> dates in DD/MM/YY format
>> Any help glady appreciated.
>> Thanks
>>
>|||So the format is, as integer, YYYYMMDD. That is nice, as we can CAST it to CHAR(8) and that format
is one of the formats which is language independent regarding datetime conversions from string to
datetime. Try below:
SELECT CONVERT(char(10), CAST(CAST(INV_DT AS char(8)) AS datetime), 103)
I.e., cast int to string, then string to datetime, then datetime to string (using a conversion
code).
The question is, of course, why you store dates as int instead of datetime... :-)
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
http://www.sqlug.se/
"Sarah Kingswell" <skingswell@.xonitek.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 19740121
> So this should display 21/01/1974
>
> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:uuamrmpDFHA.228@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> How does the INT look like?
>> --
>> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>> http://www.sqlug.se/
>>
>> "Sarah Kingswell" <skingswell@.xonitek.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:eanimipDFHA.4052@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I am trying to convert an INT to a Date value with is currently working with the following query
>> SELECT CONVERT (DATETIME,(select CAST(INV_DT as char(8))from dates), 103)
>> However, the Date format is YYYY-MM-DD Time
>> Can I use Convert and Cast in the same statement. I really needs the dates in DD/MM/YY format
>> Any help glady appreciated.
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>|||Thanks it has worked.. I am sure I tried this :-) Luckily I didn't design
this application. I don't know why they chose INT instead of a datetime
field. :-(
Cheers
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:epNDnLqDFHA.4072@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> So the format is, as integer, YYYYMMDD. That is nice, as we can CAST it to
> CHAR(8) and that format is one of the formats which is language
> independent regarding datetime conversions from string to datetime. Try
> below:
> SELECT CONVERT(char(10), CAST(CAST(INV_DT AS char(8)) AS datetime), 103)
> I.e., cast int to string, then string to datetime, then datetime to string
> (using a conversion code).
> The question is, of course, why you store dates as int instead of
> datetime... :-)
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
> http://www.sqlug.se/
>
> "Sarah Kingswell" <skingswell@.xonitek.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OC4m8qpDFHA.2824@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> 19740121
>> So this should display 21/01/1974
>>
>> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote
>> in message news:uuamrmpDFHA.228@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> How does the INT look like?
>> --
>> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>> http://www.sqlug.se/
>>
>> "Sarah Kingswell" <skingswell@.xonitek.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:eanimipDFHA.4052@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I am trying to convert an INT to a Date value with is currently working
>>with the following query
>> SELECT CONVERT (DATETIME,(select CAST(INV_DT as char(8))from dates),
>> 103)
>> However, the Date format is YYYY-MM-DD Time
>> Can I use Convert and Cast in the same statement. I really needs the
>> dates in DD/MM/YY format
>> Any help glady appreciated.
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
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