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Issue converting datetime data in the ISO8601 format with timezone.

  • June 13, 2008 at 10:31 am

    #208447

    Hi,

    I am attempting to convert some datetime data into a varchar in the ISO8601 format with timezone.

    Executing the following two statements on my platform returns the same result however I according to BOL a Z should be placed at the end of style 127.

    select convert(varchar,getDate(),127)

    select convert(varchar,getDate(),126)

    Can anyone offer suggestions?

    Many Thanks,

    John

    John Sansom (@sqlBrit) | www.johnsansom.com

  • June 13, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    #828872

    If you notice, there's a (6) footnote marker... The style with the "Z" is valid only when converting from VARCHAR to DATETIME... not when converting DATETIME to VARCHAR. Dunno why they did that...

    --Jeff Moden

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    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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