RE: Need DateTime format and count of records

ChrisM@Work

SSC Guru

Points: 186127

October 25, 2010 at 6:34 am

#1241533

CREATE TABLE #Sample (MyStuff VARCHAR(22))

INSERT INTO #Sample (MyStuff)

SELECT '13/01/2010(DD/MM/YYYY)' UNION ALL

SELECT '01/13/2010(MM/DD/YYYY)' UNION ALL

SELECT '14/04/2001(DD/MM/YYYY)' UNION ALL

SELECT '11/03/2002(MM/DD/YYYY)' UNION ALL

SELECT '2010/01/01(YYYY/MM/DD)'

SELECT RIGHT(MyStuff, 12), COUNT(*)

FROM #Sample

GROUP BY RIGHT(MyStuff, 12)

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