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dlhall
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 Posted - 2009-09-30 : 16:02:17
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I have a datetime column (8 characters) that contains a date in the format of mm/dd/yyyy. I need to leave that column intact, but convert the contents to a mm/yy format into a new column as a varchar (8), and add 4 to the months.
So, if the date in column a (datetime) is 1/2/2009, I need the new column to be 05/09.
Anybody??
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tkizer
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dlhall
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Posted - 2009-09-30 : 18:05:39
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It is a Datetime column, 8 characters in length, and contains the info as described above. There is no time in this column only a date. This is a copy of the DB design...
1 formDate datetime 8 0 |
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tkizer
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madhivanan
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Posted - 2009-10-01 : 02:19:33
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quote:
Originally posted by dlhall
I have a datetime column (8 characters) that contains a date in the format of mm/dd/yyyy. I need to leave that column intact, but convert the contents to a mm/yy format into a new column as a varchar (8), and add 4 to the months.
So, if the date in column a (datetime) is 1/2/2009, I need the new column to be 05/09.
Anybody??
Thanks
Why do you want to do this?
Madhivanan
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visakh16
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Posted - 2009-10-01 : 02:44:10
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quote:
Originally posted by dlhall
I have a datetime column (8 characters) that contains a date in the format of mm/dd/yyyy. I need to leave that column intact, but convert the contents to a mm/yy format into a new column as a varchar (8), and add 4 to the months.
So, if the date in column a (datetime) is 1/2/2009, I need the new column to be 05/09.
Anybody??
Thanks
i guess this is for some display purpose. if yes, use like
right('0'+ cast(month(dateadd(mm,4,yourdatecol)) as varchar(2)),2) + '/' + datename(yy,dateadd(mm,4,yourdatecol) |
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madhivanan
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Posted - 2009-10-01 : 03:22:09
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Originally posted by visakh16
quote:
Originally posted by dlhall
I have a datetime column (8 characters) that contains a date in the format of mm/dd/yyyy. I need to leave that column intact, but convert the contents to a mm/yy format into a new column as a varchar (8), and add 4 to the months.
So, if the date in column a (datetime) is 1/2/2009, I need the new column to be 05/09.
Anybody??
Thanks
i guess this is for some display purpose. if yes, use like
right('0'+ cast(month(dateadd(mm,4,yourdatecol)) as varchar(2)),2) + '/' + datename(yy,dateadd(mm,4,yourdatecol)
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It is only for display, you can use
select right(convert(varchar(10),dateadd(month,4,date_col),103),7) from the table
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visakh16
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Posted - 2009-10-01 : 03:39:36
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also
select stuff(convert(varchar(10),dateadd(month,4,date_col),3),1,3,'') from table |
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dlhall
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Posted - 2009-10-01 : 09:57:35
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Madhivanan - Your solution worked, but is giving the results as 05/2009 rather than 05/09. How would I get the desired result format?
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madhivanan
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Posted - 2009-10-01 : 10:07:44
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Use the one Visakh posted, or this
select right(convert(varchar(10),dateadd(month,4,date_col),3),5) from your_table
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Converting column contents to a new column