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  • October 2, 2014 at 10:13 am

    #1749734

    You can format your string with STUFF(). However, I wouldn't advice to convert your column. You should convert the GETDATE()-1 to string or even better, change the column data type to the correct one.

    Here's an example of how to do it both ways.

    SELECT CONVERT( datetime, STUFF(STUFF('201410011112', 11, 0, ':'), 9, 0, ' ')) StringToDate,

    REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( CONVERT( varchar( 16), GETDATE() - 1, 120), '-', ''), ' ', ''), ':', '') DateToString1,

    CONVERT( char( 8), GETDATE() - 1, 112) + REPLACE( CONVERT( char( 5), GETDATE() - 1, 14), ':', '') DateToString2

    Luis C.
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