SQL Server/T-SQL/Date Timezone/Datetime

Converted to a datetime

1> create table employee(
2>     ID          int,
3>     name        nvarchar (10),
4>     salary      int,
5>     start_date  datetime,
6>     city        nvarchar (10),
7>     region      char (1))
8> GO
1>
2>
3> -- Converted to a datetime
4>
5> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
6>               values (1,  "Jason", 40420,  "02/01/94", "New York", "W")
7> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (2,  "Robert",14420,  "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1>
2> select * from employee
3> GO
ID          name       salary      start_date              city       region
----------- ---------- ----------- ----------------------- ---------- ------
          1 Jason            40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York   W
          2 Robert           14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver  N
(2 rows affected)
1>
2>
3>
4>
5> drop table employee
6> GO

DATETIME column

 

3> CREATE TABLE works_on (emp_no INTEGER NOT NULL,
4>                   project_no CHAR(4) NOT NULL,
5>                   job CHAR (15) NULL,
6>                   enter_date DATETIME NULL)
7> GO
1>
2> drop table works_on;
3> GO

Get Day only from a datetime variable

18>
19> CREATE FUNCTION DayOnly(@Date datetime)
20> RETURNS varchar(12)
21> WITH SCHEMABINDING
22> AS
23> BEGIN
24>    RETURN CONVERT(varchar(12), @Date, 101)
25> END
26> GO
1> select dbo.DayOnly(GetDATE())
2> GO
------------
10/22/2006
(1 rows affected)
1> drop function DayOnly
2> GO
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