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  • March 27, 2015 at 3:47 pm

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    ScottPletcher (3/27/2015)

    Eirikur Eiriksson (3/27/2015)

    ScottPletcher (3/27/2015)

    Just add them and SQL will implicitly convert the varchar to a datetime anyway:

    SELECT datetime_column + time_varchar AS new_datetime, ...

    FROM ...

    Until the locale driven implicit conversion starts to produce 16:55 AM....;-)

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    Hmm, how could that happen? SQL will first convert the varchar to a datetime, then add the two, right!?

    I agree with Scott. If the datatype is DATETIME, how will there be any "locale driven implicit conversion". Please post an example because, for now anyway, I have to say "Not possible" to run into such a problem.

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