Converting Getdate() To Varchar

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Converting Getdate() To Varchar

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February 6, 2008 at 9:52 am

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Trying to update a timestamp field with getdate(). Field is Varchar (16) and the time needs to be in the following format : YYYYMMDDhhmmssms
Example: 2008020609435709
Using the code below to get the second, but in desperate need of how to include the milliseconds in this format.
Select convert(varchar(8),getdate(),112) -- YYYYMMDD
+substring(convert(varchar(8),getdate(),108),1,2) --HH
+substring(convert(varchar(8),getdate(),108),4,2) -- mm
+substring(convert(varchar(8),getdate(),108),7,2) --ss
Thanks in Advance for your advice!

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antonio.collins SSCrazy Eights Points: 9600 More actions · Answer 1

you can just convert the whole thing and strip out the characters. milliseconds is 3 digits so you'll have to truncate the result from 17 to 16 digits.

select substring( replace(replace( replace(replace( convert(varchar,getdate(),121),' ',''),'-',''),':',''),'.',''), 1, 16 )

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 2

Try this:

select replace(replace(replace(replace(convert(varchar(30), getdate(), 121),'-',''),' ',''),':',''),'.','')

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John Rowan SSC Guru Points: 56440 More actions · Answer 3

SELECT LEFT(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(CONVERT(varchar,GETDATE(), 121),'-',''),':',''),'.',''),' ',''),16)

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RockStar SSChasing Mays Points: 653 More actions · Answer 4

I REALLY appreciate the quick response, exactly what I needed. Wish I had asked earlier. 😀

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 5

Here's a couple of ideas.

DECLARE @Now DATETIME

SET @Now = GETDATE()

SELECT @Now

SELECT CAST(datepart(yy, @Now) AS CHAR(4)) +

RIGHT('0'+LTRIM(cast(datepart(mm, @Now) as VARCHAR(2))), 2) +

RIGHT('0'+LTRIM(cast(datepart(dd, @Now) as VARCHAR(2))), 2) +

RIGHT('0'+LTRIM(cast(datepart(hh, @Now) as VARCHAR(2))), 2) +

RIGHT('0'+LTRIM(cast(datepart(mm, @Now) as VARCHAR(2))), 2) +

RIGHT('0'+LTRIM(cast(datepart(ss, @Now) as VARCHAR(2))), 2) +

RIGHT('00'+LTRIM(cast(datepart(ms, @Now) as VARCHAR(3))), 3)

SELECT REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(28), @Now, 121), '-', ''), ' ', ''), ':', ''), '.', '')

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 6

D'oh!:blush:

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Tommy Bollhofer SSChampion Points: 14940 More actions · Answer 7

I believe 14 is what your looking for -

select replace(convert(varchar, getdate(),112),'/','') + replace(convert(varchar, getdate(),14),':','')

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