• assuming you want AM/PM? here's a couple more examples; one keeps the milliseconds, the other is stuffed to remove the milliseconds to leave seconds +am/pm:

    select right(convert(varchar,getdate(),131),14),

    STUFF(right(convert(varchar,getdate(),131),14),9,4,'')

    Lowell


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