How to Find the Start and End Dates for the Current Week (and more)
Learn to calculate Start / First of Week, End of Week, Start of Next Week, Year, Quarter, and Month of the week, Week Numbers and more in T-SQL (Jeff Moden)
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Work time calculation
One way to calculate how many minutes a person has worked considering holidays and shifts, being given starting and ending date / time
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Finding the Correct Weekday Regardless of DateFirst
In this article, learn how to get the correct weekday regardless of the DateFirst setting on your server.
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The Decoded Value
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DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers