appending two datetimes which were converted from strings

can anyone teach me how to append to datetime data into one.
the first is a date and the 2nd one is a time.

the time is converted from string.

thanksthe time is converted from string.

One method is to build a string containing both date and time in format is
'yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss'. SQL Server can then parse the string into a datetime
value. For example:

DECLARE
@.MyDate datetime,
@.MyTime datetime,
@.MyDateTime datetime

SET @.MyDate = '20061121'
SET @.MyTime = '12:13:14'

--concatenate date and time strings and assign to datetime data type
SET @.MyDateTime =
CONVERT(char(9), @.MyDate, 112) +
CONVERT(char(8), @.MyTime, 114)

--
Hope this helps.

Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP

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can anyone teach me how to append to datetime data into one.
the first is a date and the 2nd one is a time.
>
the time is converted from string.
>
thanks
>

|||thanks for the answer.it worked.

i have another problem.

how can i convert a char(4) into a time where the datatype of the
column is datatime?

i think this is my only problem now.thanks
Dan Guzman wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

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Originally Posted by

the time is converted from string.

>
One method is to build a string containing both date and time in format is
'yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss'. SQL Server can then parse the string into a datetime
value. For example:
>
DECLARE
@.MyDate datetime,
@.MyTime datetime,
@.MyDateTime datetime
>
SET @.MyDate = '20061121'
SET @.MyTime = '12:13:14'
>
--concatenate date and time strings and assign to datetime data type
SET @.MyDateTime =
CONVERT(char(9), @.MyDate, 112) +
CONVERT(char(8), @.MyTime, 114)
>
--
Hope this helps.
>
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
>
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Originally Posted by

can anyone teach me how to append to datetime data into one.
the first is a date and the 2nd one is a time.

the time is converted from string.

thanks

|||paul_zaoldyeck wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

how can i convert a char(4) into a time where the datatype of the
column is datatime?

Combine it with an appropriate date (today's date, a date from a
related record, whatever) in a similar fashion to the previous
answer. If you don't care about the date, then pick a fixed value
(e.g. January 1, 1970) and use that in all cases.|||The example below parses a string in hh:mm format into a datetime variable.
Note that a datetime always includes both date and time components so your
app will need to ignore the date part, if not needed. The date defaults to
'19000101'.

DECLARE
@.MyTimeString char(4),
@.MyDateTime datetime

SET @.MyTimeString = '1213' --hh:mm

SET @.MyDateTime = LEFT(@.MyTimeString, 2) + ':' + LEFT(@.MyTimeString, 2) +
':00'

SELECT @.MyDateTime

--
Hope this helps.

Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP

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Originally Posted by

thanks for the answer.it worked.
>
i have another problem.
>
how can i convert a char(4) into a time where the datatype of the
column is datatime?
>
i think this is my only problem now.thanks
Dan Guzman wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Quote:

Originally Posted by

the time is converted from string.

>>
>One method is to build a string containing both date and time in format
>is
>'yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss'. SQL Server can then parse the string into a
>datetime
>value. For example:
>>
>DECLARE
> @.MyDate datetime,
> @.MyTime datetime,
> @.MyDateTime datetime
>>
>SET @.MyDate = '20061121'
>SET @.MyTime = '12:13:14'
>>
>--concatenate date and time strings and assign to datetime data type
>SET @.MyDateTime =
> CONVERT(char(9), @.MyDate, 112) +
> CONVERT(char(8), @.MyTime, 114)
>>
>--
>Hope this helps.
>>
>Dan Guzman
>SQL Server MVP
>>
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Originally Posted by

can anyone teach me how to append to datetime data into one.
the first is a date and the 2nd one is a time.
>
the time is converted from string.
>
thanks
>

>