Sep 25, 2009 · 3 I have a CSV file that has dates written like this: 250909,240909 and they get stored in a SQL Server database as varchars. How do I get it to convert them into dates so …

Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string. Can you please help, how to convert this varchar data to datetime format?

Feb 27, 2019 · 1 There is no method to directly convert this value because SQL implicitly assumes the first two characters are the year when directly converting to DATE and there is …

Nov 9, 2023 · 0 I have a field ABCD stored as varchar (16) and the data stored as 20170509074744CD. I am not versed with SQL Language. I will greatly appreciate any help …

Dec 21, 2012 · CONVERT is specific to SQL Server, and allows for a greater breadth of flexibility when converting between date and time values, fractional numbers, and monetary signifiers.

May 17, 2013 · Which SQL command is recommended to convert a date to yyyymmdd format? convert (varchar (8), getdate (), 112); or convert (varchar, getdate (), 112) I notice that if I use …

Jul 14, 2015 · The problem is SQL Server has decided for you that that’s a varchar(1) long before you assign anything, and some style number won’t change its mind.

Likely you have some data that doesn't fit the datetime column somewhere in the file. Insert to a staging table with a varchar or navachar field for the column and look at the data. You may …

Dec 24, 2016 · I inherited a database that has a VARCHAR column that really should be a DATE. There's no checking on the form (I need to fix that) so dates constantly get entered as 2016-12 …

Jan 23, 2023 · You can't convert it to a date, you never saved the date in the first place. The data simply isn't there. You can calculate a new date as the answers show.